Footwork 2 - 1 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and New Millenia Stadium saw a crowd turnout of 44000.
Per Molander was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Sofus Tornøe and
Viktor Tell. Footwork tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Zebir - Mostert, Nică, Dürmeier - dos Anjos, Genchi, Radoev, Häggdahl - bin Mahmood, Ah Cheng, bin Said.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Dias Paes - Ãrva, Lik-Tsun, Talib - Penati, MacKinnon, Branbilla, Han Kok, å·åŸŽ (Chuancheng) - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
The strategy for Footwork on this day was to use their ability to press. 6 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Footwork to take the lead after a good centering pass from the right found
Valeriu Nică alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. With 11 minutes played
Azmil bin Said almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors'
Valdir Dias Paes was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Footwork, with an impressive 53 percent possession of the ball.
They were singing the praises of
Azmil bin Said 49 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from just outside the centre part of the opponent's penalty area found its way over the visitors keeper to make the score 1 - 0 for Footwork. Footwork solidified their lead at the 51 minute mark, as
Valeriu Nică manoeuvered the ball through the opposing central defence and finished for 2 - 0. Grilled reduced the score after 52 minutes to 2 - 1 as
Subri bin Ku Zainol easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right.
Christer Häggdahl almost managed to score another goal for Footwork, coming from the right, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors' keeper. Footwork's
Tan Ah Cheng had an excellent opportunity after 69 minutes, shooting on a through ball down the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles!
VÃtor dos Anjos of Footwork was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Footwork claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.
Footwork's best player was
Azmil bin Said.
VÃtor dos Anjos on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Valdir Dias Paes.
Han Lik-Tsun turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.