heimu 3 - 1 Grilled
had rained all day, but 44514 hardy fans still made it out to Blackwood Field.
Claus Magg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Per Bertilsson and
Jonathan Chevallereau. heimu had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Lo Iacono - Vagner, 奥博 (Aobo) , Triebenbacher - 偌庆 (Ruoqing), Hinderdael, Konupka, Grgurović, Hennig - Turu, bin Mustapa.
A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. The following players took the field: Stacey - Tzonkov, Madaini, 俊桂 (Jungui) - Iten, bin Jantan, 尊文 (Zunwen) , 长春 (Changchun), Djekshenkulov - 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. There wasn't much opportunity for rapid movements on this wet day, which hindered
Chow Ying Lee in particular. A foul after 18 minutes resulted in a free kick.
Tobies Turu cannonballed it, giving the home team the lead 1 to 0.
Lee Chao Cheng was called on to replace heimu's
Willy Hinderdael after 27 minutes following a nasty collision.
卢 (lu) 尊文 (Zunwen) had a grin on his face as he raced down the field, almost oblivious to the rain. Cheers filled the stadium as
Tobies Turu broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 2 - 0 goal for heimu. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 55 percent possession of the ball.
The score became 3 - 0 at 49 minutes into the game, when heimu were given a penalty with which
Tobies Turu made no mistake - straight down the middle! This third goal made a hat trick for
Tobies Turu. Confident in their lead, heimu's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 60 minutes, Grilled switched
林 (Lin) 俊桂 (Jungui) with
Alex Fonseca, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The home side's
薛 (Xue) 偌庆 (Ruoqing) came close to extending the lead 61 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but
Dexter Stacey managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Grilled almost scored after a swift counterattack 62 minutes into the game, but
Chow Ying Lee put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. The bench was restless, and with 70 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave
Vukota Crkvenjakov the opportunity the player had been hoping for.
Slavcho Tzonkov reluctantly left the field. The referee showed heimu's
Lee Chao Cheng the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The Grilled player who had to be helped off the pitch, was
朱 (Zhu) 长春 (Changchun) as he was unable to finish the game.
Yvan Lefébure came in to finish the match. Grilled were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 84 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to
Chow Ying Lee, who smashed it home to make the score 3 - 1. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.
heimu's best player was
Tobies Turu. On the other hand,
薛 (Xue) 偌庆 (Ruoqing)'s play was disheartening. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Chow Ying Lee.
Alex Fonseca on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.