star^strikers 4 - 5 Grilled
000 spectators had come to star^strikers Arena this cloudy day.
Sami Raatila was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Yakir Keinan and
Erdvilas Žilinskis. star^strikers started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Wing-ho - Miragaya, Ji-An, Chee-Kiong - Guan-Hee, Tse-Man, Breetveld, Shi-Hien - Wong, Yu-zi, Mun.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Bao-Tam - Dewilde, Tuan-Mu, Alcántara - Dai-Lin, Noor Yadah, Stanton, Tellskär, Ju-Hau - Stern, Chiew-Yen.
Zheng Mun gave star^strikers the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. The referee showed Grilled's
Joe Stern the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 25 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Mo Guan-Hee dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for star^strikers. A bit later, Grilled's
Chen Chiew-Yen easily reduced to 2 - 1 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. star^strikers's
Zheng Mun scored the 3 - 1 goal after 35 minutes by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent keeper no other option than to pick the ball out of the net. Grilled fought on and, after 37 minutes,
Zhan Ju-Hau was able to reply with the 3 - 2 goal after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. 43 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Zheng Mun dashed through, knocking home 4 - 2 for star^strikers. At that,
Zheng Mun was noted down for a hat trick. Grilled's
Zhan Ju-Hau got himself booked for a foul. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 2. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.
The visitors replied 48 minutes into the game, scoring the 4 - 3 goal, as
Chen Chiew-Yen dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. 54 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 4 - 4 as
Chen Chiew-Yen struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. At that,
Chen Chiew-Yen was noted down for a hat trick. The terraces were silenced after 56 minutes when Grilled's
Chen Chiew-Yen put the guests ahead 4 - 5, following an attack on the right.
Hao Shi-Hien of star^strikers received a yellow card after 57 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.
Most important star^strikers player was
Cai Tse-Man.
Dou Yu-zi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Ma Dai-Lin. However,
Lan Tuan-Mu made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 5.