Cazeux 0 - 6 Grilled
ouds darkened the skies at Blij Stadium as 58703 spectators turned up for the match.
Oskar Heinen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Vinko Klarić and
Kris Dommergaard. Cazeux tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Moss - Bethlen, Csuhay, Panza, Furajevas - Seabra, Alrøe, Engholm, Pimentel, Vles - Swärddahl.
A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. Lineup: Dias Paes - 辉洪 (Huihong) , Lik-Tsun, Talib - å·åŸŽ (Chuancheng) , Branbilla, MacKinnon, Han Kok, 剑勇 (Jianyong) - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
Cazeux were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Grilled's
胡 (Hu) 剑勇 (Jianyong) was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box -
Subri bin Ku Zainol managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 8 minutes. After 12 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed
Matthias Branbilla to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Cazeux's
Stefano Panza a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 21 minutes into the game.
Maikel Rotteveel of Grilled was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish
Leó Csuhay, which resulted in the 0 - 3 goal. With 38 minutes played,
Subri bin Ku Zainol nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.
Leó Csuhay challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 39 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball combination. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it.
胡 (Hu) 剑勇 (Jianyong) increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 4. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 57 percent of possession.
Grilled's
胡 (Hu) 剑勇 (Jianyong) made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 49 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender sprang up, clearing the ball on the line. Coming in from the right, Cazeux had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 52 minutes, but
Pedro Miguel Seabra's attempt to finish was easily stopped. As the game started to slip away for Cazeux, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. After 75 minutes, Cazeux used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. 78 minutes in, Grilled's
Subri bin Ku Zainol received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The Cazeux coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Cazeux manager used a brief break in play after 80 minutes to give the players new directives. 80 minutes into the match,
胡 (Hu) 辉洪 (Huihong) came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. With 85 minutes played, the Cazeux coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around.
Loh Yong Tze came on,
Gavin Vles had to leave the fray. With 85 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Subri bin Ku Zainol. The home crowd was not impressed when
Subri bin Ku Zainol came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 86 minutes. Grilled were now up 0 - 6. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for
Subri bin Ku Zainol. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 70 percent possession of the ball.
Niels Christian Alrøe performed admirably for Cazeux.
Filipe Pimentel was a disappointment, however. Grilled's best player was
Valdir Dias Paes. On the other hand,
胡 (Hu) 辉洪 (Huihong) 's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 6.