never 4 - 3 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Hell Hole saw a crowd turnout of 67058.
Ricardo Bürkle was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Georg Brothel and
Mats Säfér. The derby had been the talk of
West all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for never. They fielded: Riis - bin Hassan, Quoc-Sung, Moniz - bin Ahmad, Ovesson, Lewing, Morariu, Ferrer - bin Salim, Nilsson.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Dias Paes - Zywczyn, Lik-Tsun, Ãrva, Talib - Penati, Branbilla, Spirig, Han Kok - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
never were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Grilled on this day. never had a good opportunity to take the lead as
Othman bin Ahmad came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of
Valdir Dias Paes. With 23 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as
Ãngel Ferrer flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. never's
Erik Lewing was delighted to score the 2 - 0 goal after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper and into the net, following some good attacking movement on the right wing after 36 minutes.
Subri bin Ku Zainol seemed to be impossibly far from the goal as he accurately knocked one in for Grilled after 39 minutes. 2 - 1. never put in a good effort on the right, but
Stefan Nilsson saw his volley fly wide of the mark 40 minutes into the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. never claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.
The visitors didn't give in and, after 63 minutes,
Dani Spirig got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 2 - 2. Grilled's
Dani Spirig got himself booked for a foul.
Kalle Riis was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so never's
æŽ (Li) 茨英 (Ciying) had to come off the bench. never broke through on the left 72 minutes into the game, with
Grigore Morariu firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 3 - 2 lead. Grilled levelled the score after 77 minutes to make it 3 - 3, as
Maikel Rotteveel struck home after a fine midfield combination through the middle, leaving him completely unmarked. The home side put themselves ahead 4 - 3 after 79 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from
Ãngel Ferrer, who, unaided, came in from the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors' keeper. This half belonged to never, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.
Most important never player was
Grigore Morariu.
æŽ (Li) 茨英 (Ciying) on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was
Subri bin Ku Zainol. On the other hand,
Ciro Penati's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 3.