futrebol 3 - 6 Grilled
e weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 4110 had shown up at futrebol Arena for the match.
Zeki Pakzat was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Rob Poldermans and
Tor Rogersson. futrebol had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Gayo - Antunes, Martinsson, Peyroteo - Araújo, van Goolen, Pruneda, Thorhauge - Comprido, Carrano, Rainha.
Grilled started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Bao-Tam - Deme, Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, è¾¾è£ (Darong) - Penati, Fjällbratt, Spirig, Chowdhury - Mirchev, bin Yaacob.
futrebol used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. For their match strategy, Grilled had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible.
Anders Martinsson gave futrebol the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. Grilled tied it all up, 14 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by
Dani Spirig, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. futrebol broke through on the left 16 minutes into the game, with
Albino Comprido firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. 36 minutes into the game Grilled's
Ciro Penati found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 2 - 2. The visitors grabbed the lead after
Ivaylo Mirchev's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 2 - 3. After 42 minutes futrebol's
Jan-Roelf van Goolen limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Halftime score was 2 - 3. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.
The away team's
Ivaylo Mirchev took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 69 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 2 - 4. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when
Albino Comprido, after a brilliant midfield combination through the middle, reduced the lead to 3 - 4. 81 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 3 - 5 as
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, futrebol's
Børge Thorhauge got himself booked.
Ivaylo Mirchev increased Grilled's lead to 3 - 6 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. This third goal made a hat trick for
Ivaylo Mirchev. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.
Jan-Roelf van Goolen performed admirably for futrebol. However,
Alexandre Araújo made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Dani Spirig.
Luis Alcántara turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 6.