Grilled 8 - 0 Eagles
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 59643 to The Cooking Pot.
Gernot Gleckler was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Gheorghe Costache and
Désiré Durot. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Silvera - Crkvenjakov, Olsson, Behr - Penati, Branbilla, Mourão, Dorogan - Bögengang, bin Mohd Kassim, Rotteveel.
Eagles had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: 昌宏 (Changhong) - Xin How, 综智 (Zongzhi) , Kuan Jia, 晓明 (Xiaoming) - bin Mohamed, bin Mohammed Noor, Jin Kian, bin Sahat - Lai Hock, 存丰 (Cunfeng).
At the beginning of the game, Grilled appeared to have already taken this victory to the bank. Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a goal after 2 minutes by
Matthias Branbilla for Grilled, putting them ahead 1 - 0. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim putting the lead up to 2 - 0. Grilled's
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim had an excellent opportunity after 13 minutes, shooting on a through ball down the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Cheers filled the stadium as
Edvaldo Mourão broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 3 - 0 goal for Grilled. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Grilled. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Matthias Branbilla squirmed himself through their central defence after 22 minutes, bringing the lead to 4 - 0. The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 30 minutes,
Safri bin Mohamad came on for
Domenik Bögengang. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) replace
Maikel Rotteveel after 30 minutes. The Grilled captaincy was handed to
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) . 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 79 percent of possession.
After 53 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Björn Olsson might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However,
吴 (Wu) 昌宏 (Changhong) made a spectacular save. Grilled solidified their lead at the 56 minute mark, as
Edvaldo Mourão manoeuvered the ball through the opposing central defence and finished for 5 - 0. Grilled's
Edvaldo Mourão wanted to play on, but 60 minutes into the game the decision was made to substitute him for
Quah Han Kok. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Grilled scored another to make it 6 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for
Ronny Behr after 68 minutes. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Ronny Behr dashed through, knocking home 7 - 0 for Grilled.
Safri bin Mohamad increased Grilled's lead to 8 - 0, putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 83 percent of possession.
Most important Grilled player was
Matthias Branbilla. However,
Björn Olsson made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Eagles player was without a doubt
马 (Ma) 存丰 (Cunfeng). On the other hand,
Deng Xin How's play was disheartening. The match ends 8 - 0.