Pacersi 5 - 3 Grilled
78 spectators arrived at Pacersi Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Boris Grajciarík was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Walenty Kucharzak and
Robert Fackelmann. Pacersi had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Krakker - Pennetier, Mik, Ãukić - RaÄ‘enović, Ibn-Seif, Winiecki, Nieves - Kirkov, Stanković, Koroman.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Harlow - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Liehner - Siu-Yue, Han Kok, Borup, Jie Siong, Paullin - Hjortlind, Hobson.
Pacersi seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Pacersi took the lead 5 minutes into the game by 1 to 0, as
Artur Winiecki elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. The visitors'
Marcus Liehner came close to levelling the score after 17 minutes with a free kick that went just wide of the top left corner. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Pacersi's
Dejan Koroman putting the lead up to 2 - 0.
Lee Jie Siong behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 26 minutes as he gave the ball away to
Kadir Ibn-Seif. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Pacersi's
Nikola Kirkov putting the lead up to 3 - 0.
Artur Winiecki was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Pacersi's
Kadir Ibn-Seif managed to get hold of the rebound and scored the 4-0 goal. After this, Pacersi lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.
László Krakker made a brilliant save 39 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from
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Tim Hobson on the right hand side. Halftime score was 4 - 0. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.
After 56 minutes
Gojko Stanković made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to
Nikola Kirkov who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 5 - 0. Ater 58 minutes
Quah Han Kok seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored the reducer for Grilled making it 5 - 1. Grilled breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 60 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. A bit later, Grilled's
Quah Han Kok easily reduced to 5 - 2 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. A bit later, Grilled's
Luis Alcántara easily reduced to 5 - 3 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence.
Artur Winiecki of Pacersi received a yellow card after 81 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.
Most important Pacersi player was
Nikola Kirkov.
Borislav Rađenović on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Quah Han Kok.
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Tim Hobson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 3.