Crazies 2 - 5 Grilled
e 76597 spectators at The Ultimate NutsZ Stadium were in for an afternoon of sunshine.
Greg Doyle was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Klaus Jordan and
Serxio Cambeses. Crazies had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Akam - Rochat, Carreras Serra, Golomb - Zaydman, Hansson, Ericsson, Willems, Sang-Chul - Bao-Tam, Hong-Yang.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Harlow - Alcántara, Falkbo, Bona - Kek-Tjiang, Stanton, Rottman, Siu-Yue, van Liere - Langeland, Martinsson.
A mistake by the home side's central defence after 6 minutes allowed
Asher Stanton to score the 0 - 1 goal for Grilled.
Niklas Akam kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when
Ola Martinsson delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 11 minutes, making it 0 - 2.
Luis Alcántara was noted down as the scorer. After 26 minutes Crazies's
Joaquín Carreras Serra had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony.
Taichiro Tokaji came in to replace him.
Ola Martinsson could have put his team up another goal 28 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. Crazies's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 30 minutes into the match as
Gerrit Willems ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 1 - 2. Halftime score was 1 - 2. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 54 percent possession of the ball.
Asher Stanton 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
Niklas Akam and it was a little too high and hit the bar. The visitors'
Luis Alcántara took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 76 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for Grilled. Grilled's
Ola Martinsson received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 76 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 1 - 4 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. The referee showed Crazies's
Taichiro Tokaji the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A marvellous Crazies effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 82 minutes by
Gerrit Willems, making the score 2 - 4. The visitors'
Luis Alcántara took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 84 minutes into the match. 2 - 5 for Grilled. By then
Luis Alcántara was a three time scorer - a hat trick! Grilled held the ball, with a clear 54 percent of possession.
The most dominating Crazies player was without a doubt
Johan Hansson.
Geng Sang-Chul on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Au-Yong Siu-Yue. However,
Luis Alcántara made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 5.