Breadwood 5 - 1 Grilled
scorching day at Breadwood Bowl, where 5182 spectators were in place for today's match.
Troels Bæk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Roman Ivan and
Peter Snel. Breadwood had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bessa - Poorter, Grove, Harder - Žukina, Paixão, Persson, Luts, Webers - Sauthier, Friese.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Harlow - Dewilde, Bona, Alcántara - Paullin, Kek-Tjiang, Spirig, Stanton, van Liere - Martinsson, Han Kok.
Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a goal after 3 minutes by
Toke Friese for Breadwood, putting them ahead 1 - 0. The incalculable
Dani Spirig of Grilled did everything right as he set up
Ola Martinsson for a goal after 26 minutes. Unfortunately, the strike missed its target. With 30 minutes played, Breadwood put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
Tonny Grove, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
Brian Harder seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in the 3-0 goal for Breadwood after a corner kick that was nicely executed by
Peter Persson. By now, Breadwood were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Breadwood held the ball, with a clear 61 percent of possession.
A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Breadwood's
Didier Sauthier putting the lead up to 4 - 0. Grilled was great at switching from defence to attack, and after 71 minutes,
Ola Martinsson swept through in the middle after such a counterattack, making the score 4 - 1. Grilled's
Shen Kek-Tjiang got himself booked for a foul. Due to a severely mistimed tackle,
Peter Persson of Breadwood spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Toke Friese squirmed himself through their central defence after 76 minutes, bringing the lead to 5 - 1. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Breadwood, with an impressive 64 percent possession of the ball.
Breadwood's best player was
Hélder Paixão.
Brian Harder was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Asher Stanton.
Quah Han Kok on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 1.