Desperados 1 - 2 Grilled
62 spectators arrived at Estadio Regina Coeli, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Leo Eisenhardt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Juan Carlos Arce and
Pirmin Schoenberger. Desperados started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Barrat Esteve - Åukawski, Caño, Parson - Sarnowski, Nilsson, Aschwanden, Mizrachi, Fischer - Sitaru, Alcaraz.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 2-6-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu - van Liere, Jie Siong, Abd Hamid, Liehner, Borup, Spirig - Hjortlind, Hobson.
Grilled clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Grilled had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 3 minutes in when
Ulf Hjortlind came up alone against
Jonathan Barrat Esteve who managed a block. 3 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
weak level of organization. 21 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
poor level of organization. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 25 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from
Grzegorz Sarnowski, who, unaided, came in from the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors' keeper. 26 minutes in, Grilled's
Lan Tuan-Mu received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 30 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Cãlin Sitaru might have resulted in another goal for Desperados. However,
Hang Bao-Tam made a spectacular save. Grilled's
Lee Jie Siong refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 36 minutes. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Desperados claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.
During the break, Grilled's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to
passable organization. 47 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
weak level of organization. Grilled got a chance to level the score as
Luis Alcántara suddenly found himself free with only the 'keeper to beat, but the finishing shot hit the bar.
Bukhari Abd Hamid was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind managed to get hold of the rebound and scored the 1-1 goal. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 68 minutes allowed
Hidde van Liere to score the 1 - 2 goal for Grilled. Desperados's
Alessandro Aschwanden put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 75 minutes, but the ball went wide. Desperados claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.
Most important Desperados player was
Alberto Caño. However,
Juan José Alcaraz made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Hidde van Liere.
Marcus Liehner was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.