BravoRavo 3 - 3 Grilled
946 punters turned up at Princess AyUMi Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Eike Bitterlich was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Santur Letamendi and
Marijn van Opdorp. BravoRavo decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Thye-Loy - Kum Yi, bin Awang, Meng Yeow - bin Mohamad Nawi, bin Rashid, Chuan Yi, bin Lamin, Guo - Abdullah, Ko-yang.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Bao-Tam - Zywczyn, Kek-Tjiang, Talib, Bona - Paullin, Han Kok, Jie Siong, Spirig, van Liere - Simon.
BravoRavo were relying on their ability to counter-attack.
Sylweriusz Zywczyn gave the visitors the lead 16 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. BravoRavo's
Zi Ko-yang was shown a yellow card after 22 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A drive on the left side allowed Grilled's
Hidde van Liere to get in close and score a goal after 26 minutes, leading to 0 - 2. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Grilled. BravoRavo reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 32 minutes on the clock when
Ong Chuan Yi got the best of a ball floated in from the left. Grilled had to make a substitution after 37 minutes.
Dani Spirig limped off the field and was replaced by
Peter Fjällbratt. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 52 percent possession of the ball.
The visitors'
Peter Fjällbratt took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 47 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for Grilled. 81 minutes into the game,
Ng Meng Yeow finished off a left wing counter attack, scoring 2 - 3 for BravoRavo. 90 minutes into the match, BravoRavo's
Ahmad Tharmini bin Lamin maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 3 - 3. 90 minutes in, Grilled's
Quah Han Kok received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.
Most important BravoRavo player was
Ahmad Tharmini bin Lamin.
Aznan Abdullah turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Quah Han Kok.
Hang Bao-Tam turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 3.