seluraralc 4 - 4 Grilled
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 72804 to aralcevol Arena.
Raul Clarabelli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Čeněk Halouzka and
Karlos Pardo García. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for seluraralc. The following players took the field: Luns - Brandão, Jiun-Nan, Rong Meng - Chaussepied, Wan Rong, Chambordon, Mierloo, Santamaria - Bilger, Siedhoff.
Grilled started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Dias Paes - Zywczyn, Deme, Ãrva, Talib - Penati, MacKinnon, Branbilla, Han Kok - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
Grilled's
Subri bin Ku Zainol managed to lose the defenders as he came down the right side and scored, putting the visitors ahead, 0 - 1. With a shot floated in from just outside the penalty area after 13 minutes played,
Sylvestre Siedhoff of seluraralc evened the score to 1 - 1.
Sándor Deme of Grilled was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Grilled's
Matthias Branbilla placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but
Nawaz Talib couldn't finish. After a fine move down the middle
Åževket Bilger nearly gave the home side a goal after 26 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 31 minutes allowed
Maikel Rotteveel to score the 1 - 2 goal for Grilled. seluraralc's
Åževket Bilger put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored the 2 - 2 goal with 33 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2. The forty-five minutes were dominated by seluraralc, with an impressive 57 percent possession of the ball.
Intentions were certainly good, but the seluraralc indirect free kick combination after 46 minutes was easily anticipated by the defenders. That was a textbook example of how to defend a free kick - the attackers were left with few viable options. 2 - 3 was the score with 57 minutes played, after Grilled's
Maikel Rotteveel cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal. 61 minutes into the match, Grilled's
Maikel Rotteveel demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to
Subri bin Ku Zainol who chipped it in for 2 - 4. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when
Qiu Jiun-Nan, after a brilliant midfield combination through the middle, reduced the lead to 3 - 4. As the game started to slip away for seluraralc, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. After 75 minutes, seluraralc switched
Qiu Jiun-Nan with
Jesús Puelles, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. After 79 minutes of play,
Åževket Bilger evened things up for seluraralc with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 4 - 4. 82 minutes into the game, seluraralc had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
weak. seluraralc claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
Most important seluraralc player was
Mario Chambordon.
Jesús Puelles turned in a dismal performance, however.
Subri bin Ku Zainol performed admirably for Grilled. However,
Sándor Deme made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 4.