L1verpool 0 - 1 Grilled
had rained all day, but 45133 hardy fans still made it out to Anfield.
Graziano Cereseto was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Rémi Weinfeld and
Alex Dupuis. L1verpool started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Lee Tse - Yao An, Rahja, Yew-Hon - Elordui, Chor-Wai, bin Hussain, Yun Qiang, Meng Rong - Than Tai, Yom-Keh.
A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. The following players took the field: Dias Paes - Zywczyn, Lik-Tsun, Árva, Talib - Penati, Branbilla, Han Kok, MacKinnon - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Grilled on this day.
Maikel Rotteveel slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. With 23 minutes played
Zou Yom-Keh almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 31 minutes in, L1verpool's
Gao Chor-Wai received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Grilled had to make a substitution after 33 minutes.
Nawaz Talib limped off the field and was replaced by
Dani Spirig. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's
Subri bin Ku Zainol got himself booked. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. L1verpool claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.
At 51 minutes played,
Zou Yom-Keh came in from the right with the intention of giving L1verpool the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. A counterattack by Grilled after 52 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but
Zoltán Árva, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off.
Sylweriusz Zywczyn had a hard time on the water infested pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight this day. Grilled took the lead 64 minutes into the game, scoring the 0 - 1 goal after some elegant plays down the middle.
John MacKinnon was the scorer. L1verpool held the ball, with a clear 65 percent of possession.
Most important L1verpool player was
Gao Chor-Wai. On the other hand,
Zou Yom-Keh's play was disheartening. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Quah Han Kok.
Dani Spirig turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 1.