Grilled 3 - 2 Cantik
was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 75418 that came out to The Cooking Pot.
Stefan Britsch was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Thomi Seyler and
Bořivoj Zubek. Grilled decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Bona, Fredgård - Borup, Rottman, Kek-Tjiang, Paullin, Han Kok - Kadak, Martinsson.
Cantik had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Stanciu - Chee-Kiong, Cheng-Gong, Chan-Van - Wei-Quo, Peres, Jeppsson, Ovesson, Schwencke - Howard, Nyland.
Cantik clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 16 minutes allowed
Bill Howard to score the 0 - 1 goal for Cantik. After 21 minutes,
Lorenz Paullin made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. Grilled made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
Lorenz Paullin completely alone with keeper
Ovidiu Stanciu, who made a spectacular block. After 32 minutes of play,
Terkel Borup gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Grilled's
Quah Han Kok got himself booked for a foul. Halftime score was 2 - 1. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
Shlomo Peres made a run for the goal 54 minutes into the game but the home team's far left defence managed to sort the situation out in the end. Grilled's
Lorenz Paullin got himself booked for a foul. 60 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Shen Kek-Tjiang dashed through, knocking home 3 - 1 for Grilled. Cantik managed to reduce to 3 - 2 as
Magnus Nyland finished off a well-played combination from the left, carving through the defensive box. Unsportsmanlike behaviour by
Quah Han Kok rendered him his second booking of the match, and Grilled had to finish the game with a reduced squad. Coming through the middle
Bill Howard almost scored the equaliser for Cantik after 71 minutes, but
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. This half belonged to Cantik, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman. However,
Terkel Borup made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Cantik player was without a doubt
Christer Jeppsson.
Ang Chee-Kiong turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 2.