CFC 2 - 0 Grilled
rk skies made the crowd of 73815 at St James Park a little nervous, but the rain held off.
Artek Sobolewski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Nicodemo Dechant and
Teodósio Negreiros. The derby had been the talk of all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. CFC decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Lineup: Pakiet - Mulrain, Lucchese, Chih-Chien, Karlsson - Molla, Thiébeaux, bin Hasan, Baselier, Boroffka - Himes.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Abed-Sulaiman - Fredgård, Jie Siong, Borup - van Liere, Han Kok, Kek-Tjiang, Paullin, Spirig - Martinsson, Kadak.
CFC fans held their breath as
Jordan Himes scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the go-ahead goal for 1-0! Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Geppino Lucchese squirmed himself through their central defence after 28 minutes, bringing the lead to 2 - 0. After this, CFC lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.
Frenk Baselier of CFC was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed CFC's
Hendrik-Jan Boroffka a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 33 minutes into the game. After an industrious effort down the middle,
Daniel Molla could have closed the game off after 36 minutes, but his finishing shot hit the post. It was 2 - 0 at the break. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.
51 minutes in,
Jaan Kadak made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but
Andrzej Pakiet refused to let the ball slip by him. 73 minutes in,
Lorenz Paullin made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but
Andrzej Pakiet refused to let the ball slip by him.
Frenk Baselier of CFC got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game.
Hidde van Liere seems to have an uncanny ability to make unusual plays, unfortunately for his Grilled his shot went just wide this time. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 62 percent of possession.
CFC's best player was
Andrzej Pakiet. However,
Daniel Molla made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's best player was
Shen Kek-Tjiang. However,
Lee Jie Siong made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.