Cellai 4 - 0 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Cell Underground Stadium saw a crowd turnout of 9195.
Diego Caffi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Jinno Brandjes and
Helge Heerdegen. Cellai decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Krivinskis - Stuy, Grohar, Kažakauskas - Eiras, Paéz, KasiuleviÄius, Nedelcu, Bironas - Andersson, Holm.
Grilled decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Seng-Huat, Bona, Talib - Mirchev, Fjällbratt, Chuan Jing, Jie Siong, Ødegaard - bin Yaacob, Hjortlind.
21 minutes into the game,
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
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Tim Hobson. Cellai could have put themselves ahead after 23 minutes but
Karsten Holm missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right.
Lim Chuan Jing received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 24 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 32 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from
Karsten Holm, who, unaided, came in from the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors' keeper. 33 minutes in, Cellai appeared unsure on how to play and their organization was only
passable. 35 minutes in, Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 36 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
passable level of organization. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. This half belonged to Cellai, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.
During the break, Cellai's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to
solid organization. The Grilled players spent the halftime break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organization and regained a
solid organization.
Leopoldo José Paéz increased Cellai's lead to 2 - 0, putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. 74 minutes into the game, Grilled had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
passable. Cellai solidified their lead at the 86 minute mark, as
Marco Stuy manoeuvered the ball through the opposing central defence and finished for 3 - 0. After this, Cellai lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.
Quah Han Kok was called on to replace Grilled's
Lim Chuan Jing after 87 minutes following a nasty collision. Grilled's
Allan Ødegaard made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 88 minutes into the match. After 90 minutes Cellai's
Rapolas Bironas limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Cellai put themselves up 4 - 0 when
Volkert Grohar broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. 90 minutes in, Grilled appeared unsure on how to play and their organization was only
passable. This half belonged to Cellai, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.
Cellai's top performer was clearly
Nichita Nedelcu.
Karsten Holm on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Quah Han Kok performed admirably for Grilled.
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Tim Hobson turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.