C.U.B.A 0 - 6 Grilled
19 spectators had come to Arena de Orishas this cloudy day.
Artur Dudziński was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Rik Pletschet and
Konstantinos Koumaditis. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for C.U.B.A. They fielded: Spiel - Epstein, Kysela, Meienberger, Witschge - Bassermann, Griesshammer, Bergkemper, Kettenbach - Drieu, Zopfi.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Liehner - Spirig, Borup, Abd Hamid, Jie Siong, Olaru - Hjortlind, Hobson.
C.U.B.A used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Grilled used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The guests took the lead 13 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in
Terkel Borup scoring the 0 - 1 goal. After 22 minutes, Grilled's
Marcus Liehner burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. The home crowd was not impressed when
Dragos Olaru came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 26 minutes. Grilled were now up 0 - 3.
Terkel Borup was, after 33 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but home side's keeper
Maximillian Spiel made the save. Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 36 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 4 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Grilled. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 83 percent of possession.
After 58 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed
Lee Jie Siong to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5.
Ulf Hjortlind of Grilled was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 75 minutes of game time,
Ulf Hjortlind had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but
Maximillian Spiel was in the right place and tipped the ball to a corner.
Maximillian Spiel got a fingertip on
Dragos Olaru's shot from the left 83 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 84 minutes, Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6.
Dani Spirig was, after 85 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but home side's keeper
Maximillian Spiel made the save. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 78 percent.
Hardy Bergkemper performed admirably for C.U.B.A. However,
Yiri Witschge made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was
Dani Spirig.
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Tim Hobson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.