Barracuda 0 - 1 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Barracuda Arena saw a crowd turnout of 68000.
Roberto Di Matteo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Éric Guillou and
Cedric Fiaux. Barracuda decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Ying - Olsson, Papciak, Suonenvirta, Noer Mogensen - Banks, Olenstad, Chao Wan, Dobrin - Srinumpha, Ballis.
Grilled decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Talib, Bona - Han Kok, Paullin, Kek-Tjiang, Spirig, Jie Siong - Simon, van Liere.
Barracuda used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when
Fabian Bona was unable to give the visitors the go-ahead goal after his attack from the left 8 minutes into the match. Grilled had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 23 minutes in when
Dani Spirig came up alone against
Fan Ying who managed a block. It was 0 - 0 at the break. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.
49 minutes into the game,
Sylweriusz Zywczyn had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide.
Quah Han Kok's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 59 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a snappy through ball to
Dimitri Simon who knocked it in for Grilled. 0-1! Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 64 minutes into the match.
Sylweriusz Zywczyn surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.
The most dominating Barracuda player was without a doubt
Fan Ying.
Sebastian Dobrin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman. However,
Hidde van Liere made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.