seluraralc 2 - 1 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and aralcevol Arena saw a crowd turnout of 66736.
Peter Sörensson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Björn Stålstedt and
Anastazy Spurek. seluraralc tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Sarmiento - Ballner, Jónás, Jiun-Nan - Bouvier, Wan Rong, Chambordon, Mierloo, Chaussepied - Bilger, Siedhoff.
A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. Starters: Dias Paes - Zywczyn, Lik-Tsun, Ãrva, Talib - Chowdhury, MacKinnon, Spirig, Han Kok, Penati - Rotteveel.
For their match strategy, Grilled had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. seluraralc's
Lino Chaussepied showed off his trademark ability to do the unexpected with a tricky pass after 16 minutes. Unfortunately,
Gerd Bouvier was startled by the play and wasn't able to control the finish.
Luciano MartÃn Sarmiento looked great 27 minutes into the match after stopping a shot by the visitors'
Maikel Rotteveel. seluraralc made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
Åževket Bilger completely alone with keeper
Valdir Dias Paes, who made a spectacular block.
Zoltán Ãrva suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing, when a counterattack by Grilled caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. Always quick and a menace to his opponents,
Sylvestre Siedhoff was very close to getting through after 33 minutes, but
Han Lik-Tsun managed to avert the attack. seluraralc had a good opportunity to take the lead as
Åževket Bilger came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of
Valdir Dias Paes.
Dani Spirig was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Grilled counterattack from the left after 35 minutes. His neat finish made the score 0 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. seluraralc claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.
With 53 minutes played,
Sng Wan Rong went down in a suspected penalty situation after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee, having a good line of sight, signalled to keep playing. Grilled's
Nawaz Talib was shown a yellow card after 58 minutes for slicing down an opponent. seluraralc's
Åževket Bilger put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored the 1 - 1 goal with 59 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock.
Sng Wan Rong's name was chanted throughout the stadium after his goal up the middle after 70 minutes gave seluraralc the 2 - 1 lead. The forty-five minutes were dominated by seluraralc, with an impressive 67 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating seluraralc player was without a doubt
Gerd Bouvier. On the other hand,
Qiu Jiun-Nan's play was disheartening.
Quah Han Kok performed admirably for Grilled.
Tapesh Chowdhury turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.