Cantik 3 - 2 Grilled
241 spectators arrived at El Estadio Bonito, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Jan Karstensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Martin Calotã and
Dennis Herchen. Cantik decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Stanciu - Cheng-Gong, Herbrant, Chan-Van - Schwencke, Jeppsson, Peres, Ovesson, Claesson - Howard, Nyland.
Grilled decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Fredgård, Bona, Zywczyn - Spirig, Han Kok, Kek-Tjiang, Paullin, Borup - Kadak, Martinsson.
The wings were the focus of most of Cantik's attacks on this day. It was obvious that Grilled were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic.
Wan Cheng-Gong acted foolishly after 16 minutes, giving the ball up to Grilled's
Jaan Kadak who had no trouble finding the back of the net. 0 - 1. The crowd was on its feet 18 minutes into the match, as Cantik's
Gustav Ovesson found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser.
Johan Herbrant gave Cantik the lead with 2 - 1, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. Cantik put themselves up 3 - 1 when
Magnus Nyland broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. The structure of the game started to change as Cantik decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. Grilled's talent at pressing frustrated their opponents. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. This half belonged to Cantik, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.
After 63 minutes Cantik's
Shlomo Peres had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony.
Du Wei-Quo came in to replace him. Grilled's
Lorenz Paullin left the field after 67 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
Lee Jie Siong.
Ovidiu Stanciu made a brilliant save 79 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from
Anders Fredgård on the right hand side. Man, what a shot by Grilled's
Ola Martinsson! Firing in from 35 yards after 83 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. 3 - 2. With 85 minutes played,
Bill Howard could have brought this one home for Cantik as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Cantik held the ball, with a clear 58 percent of possession.
Most important Cantik player was
Christer Jeppsson.
Kau Chan-Van on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Shen Kek-Tjiang. However,
Hang Bao-Tam made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.