Asprey 1 - 6 Grilled
ear skies welcomed the 9265 spectators who had made their way to Asprey Arena.
Roberto Bruno was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Wojciech Bobrowski and
Sven de Klaver. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Asprey. The following players had been chosen: Kapisoda - Manev, Shutovski, Rushidov - Bojkovski, Östmar, Gunnarsson, Gichev, Lagerlind - Ololovski, Gichevski.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Bao-Tam - bin Che Lah, Talib, Tuan-Mu - Chuan Jing, Jie Siong, Swee Pheng, Abd Hamid, Ødegaard - bin Yaacob, Hjortlind.
The referee showed Asprey's
Ognen Gichev the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by
Lee Jie Siong. At last, Grilled's
Allan Ødegaard was able to shove the ball in. 0-1. Had it not been for one of the home defenders,
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob would have put Grilled up another goal 12 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. The referee showed Asprey's
Henrik Lagerlind the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A thrilling play through the middle 28 minutes into the match gave Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Grilled decided to play a more defensive game at this point. 36 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.
52 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as
Lee Jie Siong finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The referee showed Asprey's
Karl Östmar the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 58 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 5 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. After 67 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 6. The home crowd were delighted when
Andre Ololovski scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 1 to 6. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 56 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating Asprey player was without a doubt
Cande Shutovski.
Andreas Gunnarsson on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Nawaz Talib performed admirably for Grilled. However,
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 6.