Grilled 5 - 0 archpool
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 10500 to Gamma Stadium.
Arian Claasen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Zdeněk Koudelka and
Teemu Savin. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Huel-sheng - Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung, Sun-Nee - Pence, Ju-Hau, Tellskär, Dai-Lin, García Sole - Chiew-Yen, Hobson.
archpool started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Yee-chun - Hjertén, Oxsjö, Hon-Hon, Xing-Peng - Taskinen, Jansson, Kim-Hu - Lennartsson, Ragnarsson, Hansson.
Grilled broke through on the left 4 minutes into the game, with
Rafael García Sole firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by
Daniel Tellskär. At last, Grilled's
Rafael García Sole was able to shove the ball in. 2-0.
Chen Chiew-Yen almost managed to score another goal for Grilled, coming from the right, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors' keeper. The referee showed archpool's
Rickard F. Ragnarsson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle,
Kau Siu-Cheung of Grilled spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. Grilled added another goal to their lead as
Chen Chiew-Yen struck home the 3 - 0 goal after an attack from the left set him up unmarked in front of the keeper. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
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Tim Hobson squirmed himself through their central defence after 37 minutes, bringing the lead to 4 - 0. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. The cannonball from 35 metres by
Tom Pence of Grilled was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. archpool's
Rickard F. Ragnarsson refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 40 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 88 percent of possession.
The home side's
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Tim Hobson came close to extending the lead 47 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but
Huie Yee-chun managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. With 53 minutes played, Grilled's
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Tim Hobson tried to nail the coffin shut, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. 57 minutes into the game, archpool had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
disastrous. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased Grilled's lead to 5 - 0 as
Ma Dai-Lin finished it off competently, firing from an acute angle. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 87 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Ma Dai-Lin.
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Tim Hobson on the other hand, had a terrible day. archpool's best player was
Petri Taskinen.
Karl Jansson was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.