Grilled 6 - 2 _BARCA_
had rained all day, but 3725 hardy fans still made it out to The Cooking Pot.
Juris Zeldmans was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Patrik Linmo and
Ain Vaiknemets. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. The following players took the field: Seng - Bakhtiar, Awyong - 力勇 (Liyong), bin Mohd Kassim, 福泉 (Fuquan) , Ying Lee, Shaahee - Bellamoli, Wan Kang, Wee Li.
_BARCA_ tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: Parapertusa - Grail, Satybaldiev, Léber, Moreno, Gerra - Aygel'diev, Cudak, Sarsenov - Heijerman, Lubczyński.
The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 25 minutes, but
Dan Seng made a beautiful one-handed save.
Ronny Heijerman had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Grilled took the lead 32 minutes in, as
Chow Ying Lee broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper.
Johnny Grail tied the game at 1 - 1 after 33 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. After some beautiful movement down the left wing,
Leong Wan Kang scored for Grilled putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 38 minutes. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by _BARCA_, with 52 percent of the ball.
凌 (Ling) 福泉 (Fuquan) left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead.
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) was the replacement. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's
Chow Ying Lee increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Confident in their lead, Grilled's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. _BARCA_ needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 73 minutes
Johnny Grail made way for
Meirhan Bakkozhaev. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by
Dorian Lubczyński. At last, _BARCA_'s
Fabián Moreno was able to backheel the ball in. 3 - 2.
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) had a fantastic opportunity to put Grilled up another goal 78 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Grilled scored another to make it 4 - 2 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for
Pompeo Bellamoli after 81 minutes. Cheers filled the stadium as
Colby Awyong broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 2 to Grilled. 85 minutes in, Grilled's
Hung Wee Li received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
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Hilal Bakhtiar squirmed through their central defence after 86 minutes, increasing the lead to 6 - 2. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Shiya Shaahee.
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Hilal Bakhtiar turned in a dismal performance, however.
Sali Satybaldiev performed admirably for _BARCA_.
Kaysar Aygel'diev was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 2.