Grilled 3 - 0 GSA
e weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 3754 had shown up at The Cooking Pot for the match.
Billy Pinna was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Mieczysław Gramała and
Filip Garbat. Grilled started off with a 5-2-3 lineup. They fielded: Silvera - Ross, Crkvenjakov, Behr, Olsson, Mausisa - Stanca, Mourão - 修宇 (Xiuyu), bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang).
A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for GSA. The following players had been chosen: Pröpper - Moura, Zaupa, Overskov, Scattina, den Hollander - Mousa, Ibn Yusuf - Falestini, Bassim, Al-Baghdadi.
For their match strategy, Grilled had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. 4 minutes in, Grilled appeared unsure on how to play and their organization was only
solid. 10 minutes into the game, GSA seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
passable level of organization. 19 minutes into the game, GSA had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
passable.
Walter Ross of Grilled was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 33 minutes played
Björn Olsson almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. They were singing the praises of
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) 35 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. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Grilled's
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 38 minutes into the game. 39 minutes into the game, GSA seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
inadequate. GSA almost scored after a swift counterattack 42 minutes into the game, but
Yahya Falestini put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, GSA's
Olly den Hollander got himself booked. With 44 minutes played, the GSA coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around.
Akbar Ghazwan came on,
Malham Ibn Yusuf had to leave the fray. After 44 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Grilled found themselves out of position and their organization level dropped to
inadequate. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.
Grilled's coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players had
solid organisation. A review of the gameplan helped GSA get back to a
solid organization when the referee blew his whistle again. Grilled's
Björn Olsson was shown a yellow card after 58 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 59 minutes in, Grilled appeared unsure on how to play and their organization was only
passable.
Björn Olsson was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was perfectly redirected by
Edvaldo Mourão, but the ball went into the frame.
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim sailed high above the opponents as he headed the 2-0 goal in on a corner kick from
Ronny Behr after 63 minutes of play. After 64 minutes,
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) put Grilled ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side. 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. 66 minutes into the game,
范 (Fan) 修宇 (Xiuyu) had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob. 74 minutes into the game, GSA had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
passable. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let
Quah Han Kok replace
Edvaldo Mourão after 75 minutes. 75 minutes into the game, GSA seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
poor. With 78 minutes played,
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim 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. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 68 percent possession of the ball.
Grilled's best player was
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) . On the other hand,
Alvaro Silvera's play was disheartening.
Leo Overskov performed admirably for GSA.
Alberto Scattina on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.