leistungsfähige 1 - 5 Grilled
81 punters turned up at Santidad Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Octávio Fernandes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Iiro Marttanen and
Ruben Raposo. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for leistungsfähige. The following players took the field: Salido - Nájera, Landajo, Burillo, Hevia - Dávalos, Huesca, Persson, Helmus, Piña - Cunningham.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Bao-Tam - bin Che Lah, Siu-Cheung, Seng-Huat - Swee Pheng, Jie Siong, Abd Hamid, Borup, Seng-kar - Hjortlind, Hobson.
Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of leistungsfähige.
Qiu Swee Pheng was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Grilled's
Bukhari Abd Hamid managed to get hold of the rebound and scored the 0-1 goal. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from
Qiu Swee Pheng after 14 minutes, and prevented Grilled from going up another goal. Good work by leistungsfähige's defensive line produced a couple of good counterattack chances, one of which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found
Esteban José Cunningham alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. A thrilling play through the middle 37 minutes into the match gave Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Grilled. After 40 minutes, Grilled's
Lee Jie Siong burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. leistungsfähige had a brilliant opportunity to reply as
Esteban José Cunningham received a high ball from the right, striking the ball in the air. Only
Hang Bao-Tam's reflexes saved him. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.
Gao Seng-kar was, after 48 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
Juan Antonio Salido made the save. Grilled was great at switching from defence to attack, and after 50 minutes,
Terkel Borup swept through in the middle after such a counterattack, making the score 0 - 4. After 56 minutes, Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. A marvellous leistungsfähige effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 59 minutes by
Gabriel Dávalos, making the score 1 - 5. The forty-five minutes were dominated by leistungsfähige, with an impressive 58 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating leistungsfähige player was without a doubt
Guntademaro Hevia. However,
Antonio Landajo made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's best player was
Terkel Borup.
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Tim Hobson turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 5.