Ampang 0 - 1 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Ampang Valley saw a crowd turnout of 49982.
Øyvind Sand was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Stefano Mercuri and
Mikko Tuomari. Ampang started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: van der Zande - Patella, Å mejkal, Burkett - Ali, Palmfeldt, Andersen, Beaujet, Lupu - Guerra, Shen-Tai.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Harlow - Alcántara, Bona, Tuan-Mu, Falkbo - van Liere, Spirig, Han Kok, Siu-Yue, Rottman - Martinsson.
Ampang were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Grilled immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents.
Fabian Bona came close to putting the visiting team one up 3 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but
Harold van der Zande managed to tip the ball to a corner. At this time in the match, Grilled were using their skill at pressing to successfully put pressure on their opponents. After 13 minutes Ampang's
Johan Palmfeldt limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. After a fine move down the middle
Johan Palmfeldt nearly gave the home side a goal after 20 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. Many thought
Hua Shen-Tai ought to have been awarded a penalty shot 29 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around
Clair Harlow after a determined run through the middle. The referee showed Ampang's
Alain Beaujet the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Ampang held the ball, with a clear 56 percent of possession.
The referee showed Grilled's
Quah Han Kok the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Ampang were very close to putting themselves one up after 73 minutes as
Sérgio António Guerra got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide.
Ola Martinsson finished off the counterattack from the left rather easily, scoring 0 - 1 for Grilled. 79 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
poor level of organization. With 83 minutes played,
Hua Shen-Tai went down in a suspected penalty situation after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee, having a good line of sight, signalled to keep playing. After 84 minutes,
Hua Shen-Tai got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. Ampang held the ball, with a clear 65 percent of possession.
The most dominating Ampang player was without a doubt
Tommy Lee Burkett.
Francis Ali on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Hidde van Liere.
Luis Alcántara on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.