Grilled 1 - 1 Herron
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and The Cooking Pot saw a crowd turnout of 80599.
Alfred Strauss was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Patrick Socher and
Ömür Toprak. Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Harlow - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Dewilde - Dai-Lin, Siu-Yue, Noor Yadah, Kek-Tjiang, Stanton - Hjortlind, Martinsson.
Herron started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Mohd Nadzir - Agostinho, Askenbrant, Blevins - Malmner, Gabrielsson, Strandstrand, Håkansson, Andronegui - Chit-Fu, Wai-Ming.
At the beginning of the game, Herron appeared to have already taken this victory to the bank. It was obvious that Grilled were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Grilled could have put themselves ahead after 8 minutes but
Ola Martinsson missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 55 percent of possession.
Herron had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 73 minutes in when
Shu Chit-Fu came up alone against
Clair Harlow who managed a block. 76 minutes in, Herron's
Daniel Håkansson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A well placed corner kick from
Kjell Askenbrant was followed by
Håkan Strandstrand's hard but accurate header. The nice combination marked a goal for Herron, the score now 0-1.
Ulf Hjortlind pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, after 83 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. At this time in the match, Grilled were using their skill at pressing to successfully put pressure on their opponents. Grilled's
Shen Kek-Tjiang left the field after 88 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
Jon Andrea Rottman. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 53 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Aznan Noor Yadah.
Lan Tuan-Mu on the other hand, had a terrible day. Herron's best player was
Abd Rauf Mohd Nadzir. However,
Dean Blevins made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 1.