Thorocozzieq 4 - 1 Grilled
e weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 50336 had shown up at Thorocozzieq FC Arena for the match.
Vladimir Beierholm was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Félix Carmona and
Alfredo 'The Rock' Parada. The derby had been the talk of
West all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Thorocozzieq decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Brehm - Pessina, DoÄŸruer, Zufferey - bin Ali, Blanco, Chin De, ZioÅ‚kowski - Parmentier, AntolÃnez, bin Mohd Derus.
Grilled decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Dias Paes - Lik-Tsun, Ãrva, Talib - Penati, Branbilla, MacKinnon, Spirig, Han Kok - Rotteveel, bin Yaacob.
Thorocozzieq fans held their breath as
William Pessina scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the go-ahead goal for 1-0! After 25 minutes, speedy
Quah Han Kok dashed past his marker, making plenty of room for the second wave of attack. However,
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob failed to score. Coming through the middle
Dani Spirig almost scored the equaliser for Grilled after 27 minutes, but
Friedrich Brehm made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post.
William Pessina sailed high above the opponents as he headed the 2-0 goal in on a corner kick from
Francisco Blanco after 29 minutes of play. Cheers filled the stadium as
Mohd Zaharul Aiman bin Mohd Derus broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 3 - 0 goal for Thorocozzieq.
Ciro Penati nearly reduced 34 minutes into the game, but a splendid one-handed save by
Friedrich Brehm put a stop to the attempt coming in from the right flank. The home crowd was silenced as
Maikel Rotteveel took a successful penalty shot 36 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 3 - 1. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 52 percent of possession.
Cheers filled the stadium as
Sam Parmentier broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 4 - 1 goal for Thorocozzieq. The structure of the game started to change as Thorocozzieq decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. The referee showed Grilled's
Zoltán Ãrva the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
Othman bin Abu was called on to replace Thorocozzieq's
Deng Chin De after 74 minutes following a nasty collision. Thorocozzieq's
Gino Zufferey was shown a yellow card after 77 minutes for slicing down an opponent. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.
Most important Thorocozzieq player was
Mohd Zaharul Aiman bin Mohd Derus. On the other hand,
Othman bin Abu's play was disheartening.
Valdir Dias Paes performed admirably for Grilled. However,
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 1.