Grilled 7 - 0 saturn-ulaanTC
ear skies welcomed the 3335 spectators who had made their way to The Cooking Pot.
孙 (Sun) 明山 (Mingshan) was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Mario Federico Tavana and
Erny Graaf. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Silvera - Crkvenjakov, Olsson, Mausisa - Mourão, Back, Stanca, Han Lai - 修宇 (Xiuyu), bin Mohamad, 勇航 (Yonghang).
saturn-ulaanTC decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Albei - Mukuli, Dahl - Baumann, Aouali, Veillet, Monari, Nymadawa - Mingmongmang, Osol, Yeran.
Edvaldo Mourão gave Grilled the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. Grilled solidified their lead at the 12 minute mark, as
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) manoeuvered the ball through the opposing central defence and finished for 2 - 0. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) got himself booked. 19 minutes into the game, saturn-ulaanTC seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
solid level of organization. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) putting the lead up to 3 - 0. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 67 percent of possession.
The saturn-ulaanTC players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a
excellent organisation when the game started again. Cheers filled the stadium as
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 4 - 0 goal for Grilled. By then
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) was a three time scorer - a hat trick! Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) squirmed himself through their central defence after 81 minutes, bringing the lead to 5 - 0. By now, the players in Grilled felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defense and not risking too much going forward. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) dashed through, knocking home 6 - 0 for Grilled. Grilled's
Erik Back was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 84 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Edvaldo Mourão dashed through, knocking home 7 - 0 for Grilled. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Grilled's
Björn Olsson a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 86 minutes into the game. 87 minutes into the game, saturn-ulaanTC had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
solid. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 75 percent.
Most important Grilled player was
Safri bin Mohamad. However,
Lee Han Lai made a disastrous appearance. saturn-ulaanTC's top performer was clearly
Lorenzo Monari.
Subotai Nymadawa was a disappointment, however. The match ends 7 - 0.