ESPRESSO 0 - 2 Grilled
35 spectators arrived at Coffee Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Ivo Ernste was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Lind Aliti and
Habib Sulami. ESPRESSO tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Fagerby - van Son, Dyrmo, Rothstedt - Ai-Choo, Göransson, Chee-Wee, Sirić, Kai-Kai - Weng-Seng, Jeppsson.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Ju-Hau, Pakpao - Fernández Riviera, Siu-Yue, Paullin, Rottman, Kolesov - Stern, Hobson.
Antonio Fernández Riviera made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 28 minutes into the match.
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Tim Hobson bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for Grilled. 0 - 1. After 31 minutes,
Hugo Göransson got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. After 37 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Zhan Ju-Hau who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. ESPRESSO held the ball, with a clear 55 percent of possession.
After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Joe Stern was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 65 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.
Lars Rothstedt almost put the reducer away having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. ESPRESSO's
Johnny Jeppsson managed a superb strike from the left after 82 minutes that would have left goalkeeper
Hang Bao-Tam without a chance, had it not hit the post. ESPRESSO held the ball, with a clear 59 percent of possession.
The most dominating ESPRESSO player was without a doubt
Hugo Göransson.
Johan Dyrmo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Au-Yong Siu-Yue.
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Tim Hobson was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.