Stars 3 - 4 Grilled
788 spectators arrived at All Stars Team Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Óscar Labra was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Arjo Hornman and
Eric Vanneste. Stars tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Martínez - Saguir, Everbratt, Kahr - Buse, Lee Pin, Rogiers, Delang, Sumner - Rudolf, Soo-Soou.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Abed-Sulaiman - Bona, Spirig, Falkbo - Han Kok, Siu-Yue, Kek-Tjiang, Rottman, Borup - Wai-Kin, Martinsson.
Stars used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Stars took the lead 9 minutes into the game by 1 to 0, as
Kong Soo-Soou elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. 13 minutes into the game Grilled's
Cao Wai-Kin found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. Stars made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
Mats Everbratt completely alone with keeper
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman, who made a spectacular block. Man, what a shot by Grilled's
Ola Martinsson! Firing in from 35 yards after 23 minutes, that is probably going to be one of the finest, most beautiful, wonderfully crafted strikes the crowd here today are ever likely to see. 1 - 2. 25 minutes in, Grilled's
Au-Yong Siu-Yue received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Damián Saguir was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Stars's
Kevin Tänzler had to come off the bench. At this time in the match, Stars were using their skill at pressing to successfully put pressure on their opponents. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 55 percent of possession.
The visitors'
Cao Wai-Kin took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 47 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for Grilled.
Ulrich Rudolf of Stars was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish
Jörgen Falkbo, which resulted in the 2 - 3 goal. The game had been on for 68 minutes when
Au-Yong Siu-Yue broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 2 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Stars, but
Ulrich Rudolf's finish was way too lame. Grilled came close to extending their lead as
Ola Martinsson delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 82 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when
Ulrich Rudolf, after a brilliant midfield combination through the middle, reduced the lead to 3 - 4. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 54 percent of possession.
Most important Stars player was
Ulrich Rudolf.
Stan Sumner on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman. However,
Terkel Borup made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 4.