Grilled 1 - 0 Edbe
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and The Cooking Pot saw a crowd turnout of 73812.
Nicola Bracci was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Lukas Flachsbinder and
David Calandra. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Dias Paes - Crkvenjakov, Behr - Back, Kim, Dorogan, Lefébure, Mourão - Ying Lee, Bögengang, bin Mohd Kassim.
Edbe had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. The following players took the field: 轩晶 (Xuanjing) - Maton, Ti Kheng, Aagaard, Froidevaux, Nurmi - Ascot, Jeelof, Lindeberg - bin Jantan, Wan Chuan.
Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Edbe were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Many thought
Domenik Bögengang ought to have been awarded a penalty 35 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around
庞 (Pang) 轩晶 (Xuanjing) after a determined run through the middle. After 36 minutes, the defensive line of Edbe created a counterattack through the middle that gave
Gilbert Froidevaux a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 65 percent of possession.
Grilled's
Yvan Lefébure tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. After 70 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Kyou-Chull Kim off the field.
Anders Josefsson took his place. They were singing the praises of
Ronny Behr 80 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from just outside the centre part of the opponent's penalty area found its way over the visitors keeper to make the score 1 - 0 for Grilled. Edbe's
John Ascot got himself booked for a foul. With 82 minutes played,
Vukota Crkvenjakov could have brought this one home for Grilled as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Edbe's counterattack was impressive and was only stopped by a shocking foul. Somehow, the referee's cards remained in his pocket - a terrible decision!
Yang Ti Kheng's resulting free kick was easily saved by the keeper. Edbe's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 89 minutes gone, but
Tay Wan Chuan's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.
Domenik Bögengang performed admirably for Grilled.
Edvaldo Mourão turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Edbe player was
庞 (Pang) 轩晶 (Xuanjing) . On the other hand,
Yang Ti Kheng's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.