Devils 0 - 6 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Dare Devils Arena saw a crowd turnout of 50000.
Didier Cacoyannis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Claude-Henri Moriceau and
Tijn Martens. Devils had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: bin Md Tahar - Encinas, Boll, Branchi - Orendahl, Domínguez, Blanco, Arnaud, Amaro - Beng-Yew, Choon-Hwee.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Harlow - Pakpao, Bona, Tuan-Mu - Dai-Lin, Rottman, Spirig, Noor Yadah, Paullin - Hjortlind, Martinsson.
Grilled's
Jon Andrea Rottman gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 23 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The game had been on for 26 minutes when
Lorenz Paullin broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. The game had been on for 39 minutes when
Ulf Hjortlind broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. The referee showed Devils's
Thierry Arnaud the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Grilled were forced to a substitution as
Ola Martinsson couldn't continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing
Jan Langeland to come in from the sidelines.
Aznan Noor Yadah increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 4. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.
Fabian Bona behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 47 minutes as he gave the ball away to
Ismael Encinas. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. After 51 minutes,
Huie Beng-Yew had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Devils with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar.
Jan Langeland came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over
Nor Zeland bin Md Tahar and it was a little too high and hit the bar. The referee showed Grilled's
Jan Langeland the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The visitors'
Ulf Hjortlind took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 78 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Grilled. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Aznan Noor Yadah was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 90 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. The away team's
Ulf Hjortlind took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 90 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 6. At that,
Ulf Hjortlind was noted down for a hat trick. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 65 percent of possession.
Devils's best player was
Nor Zeland bin Md Tahar. However,
Thierry Arnaud made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was
Clair Harlow.
Lorenz Paullin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.