raffles 1 - 5 Grilled
scorching day at raffles Arena, where 46161 spectators were in place for today's match.
Vincent Duroux was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Giuseppe Boi and
Cumhur Akif. raffles tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Fuchs - Grundsjö, Yoo-Ngan, Hansson - Muse, Tjäderblad, Jinyoung, Dechamps - Boon-Huat, Raamets, Hallbo.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Dewilde - Stanton, Ju-Hau, Noor Yadah, Kek-Tjiang, Siu-Yue - Hjortlind, Martinsson.
raffles clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle.
Luis Alcántara got left behind when raffles's
Ma Boon-Huat made a sudden pull forward after 9 minutes, finishing off with a swift strike. 1 - 0! Grilled were close to putting the equaliser away after 22 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to
Ola Martinsson in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. 38 minutes into the game Grilled's
Aznan Noor Yadah found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 66 percent of possession.
Grilled took the lead 46 minutes into the game, scoring the 1 - 2 goal after some elegant plays down the middle.
Ola Martinsson was the scorer. After 49 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Ulf Hjortlind who increased Grilled's lead to 1 - 3. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why
John Hallbo found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork.
Zhan Ju-Hau increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 1 - 4. 76 minutes into the game a free kick by
Ola Martinsson found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Grilled's lead 1 - 5. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.
The most dominating raffles player was without a doubt
John Hallbo. However,
François Dechamps made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Aznan Noor Yadah. However,
Luis Alcántara made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 5.