Grilled 3 - 0 Arrogancae
ear skies welcomed the 42319 spectators who had made their way to The Cooking Pot.
Félicien Dehan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Gertje Bekius and
Sebastien Kramer. Grilled had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Stacey - 俊桂 (Jungui), Madaini - Iten, bin Jantan, Fonseca, 长春 (Changchun), Djekshenkulov - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
Arrogancae started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Cazzulati - Camps, bin Zainal - Fernández, Geisler, Jing Wei, bin Kassim, Loinaz - 云滨 (Yunbin), Sing, Urgacz.
Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle. The strategy for Arrogancae on this day was to use their ability to press.
Seytek Djekshenkulov's name was chanted throughout the stadium after his goal up the middle after 6 minutes gave Grilled the 1 - 0 lead. Arrogancae's
Zhao Jing Wei had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 19 minutes having been played.
潘 (Pan) 达维 (Dawei) was the replacement. Grilled solidified their lead at the 31 minute mark, as
Chow Ying Lee manoeuvered the ball through the opposing central defence and finished for 2 - 0.
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) increased Grilled's lead to 3 - 0, putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Grilled lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 61 percent of possession.
Grilled's
Chow Ying Lee swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. The referee showed Arrogancae's
孟 (Meng) 云滨 (Yunbin) the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The home side's
朱 (Zhu) 长春 (Changchun) came close to extending the lead 55 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but
Massimo Cazzulati managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.
Chow Ying Lee should probably have put his team up another goal after 66 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by
Massimo Cazzulati kept the visitors in the game. The pressing tactics used by Arrogancae were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes,
Yvan Lefébure came on for
林 (Lin) 俊桂 (Jungui). This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim.
Yvan Lefébure on the other hand, had a terrible day. Arrogancae's best player was
潘 (Pan) 达维 (Dawei).
Mohamad Khairul bin Zainal was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.