Toxics 2 - 0 Grilled
e to an all-day shower, 50094 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Toxicity.
Fredrik Lennartsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Simeon Nichev and
Erik-Rein Gelissen. Toxics had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Chao-Fah - Siderius, Vrabie, Riucu - van Barneveld, Baena, Persson, Fiedler, Ponman - Antonazzo, Bratberg.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Pakpao, Dewilde - Noor Yadah, Stanton, Ju-Hau, Kek-Tjiang, Dai-Lin - Hjortlind.
After a fine move down the middle
Peter van Barneveld nearly gave the home side a goal after 20 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. After a fine move down the middle
Gary Antonazzo nearly gave the home side a goal after 31 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though.
Vegard Bratberg gave Toxics the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Gary Antonazzo dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Toxics.
Cheung Chao-Fah made a brilliant save 38 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from
Zhan Ju-Hau on the right hand side. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Toxics claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.
With 73 minutes played,
Alvarado Baena could have brought this one home for Toxics as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like
Ma Dai-Lin The home side's
Gary Antonazzo came close to extending the lead 81 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but
Hang Bao-Tam managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. The referee showed Grilled's
Asher Stanton the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The player down was
Petre Vrabie. The Toxics bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. After 87 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Gary Antonazzo might have resulted in another goal for Toxics. However,
Hang Bao-Tam made a spectacular save. Toxics held the ball, with a clear 68 percent of possession.
Toxics's best player was
Bengt Persson.
Petre Vrabie on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Asher Stanton.
Hang Bao-Tam was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.