Grilled 1 - 2 Snowdogs
500 punters turned up at Gamma Stadium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Inocentas Klemunskis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Marcell Bene and
Janne Ahlapuro. Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung, Ong - Seng-kar, Dai-Lin, Persson, Machado, García Sole - Hobson, Chiew-Yen.
Snowdogs started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Linh-Nam - Yi-min, Pei-En, Zanette Tesouraria, Sánchez-Cámara - Johansson, Jia-Jih, Tinh-An, Chun-Jen - Gaspart, Yee-Kiang.
Grilled made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
Chen Chiew-Yen completely alone with keeper
Mu Linh-Nam, who made a spectacular block.
Seto Chun-Jen made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 19 minutes into the match.
Miguel Gaspart bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for Snowdogs. 0 - 1.
Ricard Machado was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Grilled with a strike from the left, but
Mu Linh-Nam managed to ward the closing shot off to a corner. Grilled's
Chen Chiew-Yen made a successful breakthrough on the left after 34 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar.
Juan Manuel Sánchez-Cámara was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Snowdogs's
Miguel Gaspart managed to get hold of the rebound and scored the 0-2 goal. 37 minutes had been played and the home team was awarded a penalty. The guest's keeper dived the right way, but
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Tim Hobson was still able to reduce the score to 1 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 61 percent of possession.
After 46 minutes Grilled's
Tan Ong contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. The bicycle kick from
Thomas Johansson would have been the Goal of the Year for Snowdogs, had it not hit the post. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.
Grilled's best player was
Chen Chiew-Yen. However,
Rafael García Sole made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Snowdogs player was without a doubt
Seto Chun-Jen.
Miguel Gaspart on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.