Herron 3 - 0 Grilled
e 100027 spectators at Herron Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine.
Luis Alonso was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ruedi Gast and
Sven Lasse Rücker. Herron tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Mohd Nadzir - Blevins, Askenbrant, Rossler - Malmner, Bengtsson, Chik-Yan, Borgstedt, Laguardia - Chit-Fu, Wai-Ming.
Grilled started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Harlow - Alcántara, Rottman, Bona, Dewilde - Noor Yadah, Kek-Tjiang, Siu-Yue, Stanton, Dai-Lin - Martinsson.
Grilled immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. At this time in the match, Grilled were using their skill at pressing to successfully put pressure on their opponents. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why
Peter Bengtsson found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. After 41 minutes of play,
Shu Chit-Fu gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.
Dean Blevins received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 42 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased Herron's lead to 2 - 0 as
Gai Wai-Ming finished it off competently, firing from an acute angle. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Pedro Laguardia squirmed himself through their central defence after 43 minutes, bringing the lead to 3 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Herron held the ball, with a clear 55 percent of possession.
After 61 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Linus Rossler might have resulted in another goal for Herron. However,
Clair Harlow made a spectacular save. The referee showed Herron's
Dean Blevins the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Always quick and a menace to his opponents,
Aznan Noor Yadah was very close to getting through after 75 minutes, but
Linus Rossler managed to avert the attack. 78 minutes into the game, Grilled had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
weak. Herron held the ball, with a clear 61 percent of possession.
The most dominating Herron player was without a doubt
Abd Rauf Mohd Nadzir. However,
Dean Blevins made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's best player was
Asher Stanton. However,
Luis Alcántara made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.