Z-FC 3 - 3 Grilled
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 41616 to
BFL Arena.
Rodrigo Almanza was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Carsten Røen and
Giovanni Solinas. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Z-FC. Lineup: Wong - Guiga, Anderson - Wölm, Pozuelo, Wlassak, Ros, Nonbye - Zuberbühler, Frederas, Freire Lins.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Kryus - 福泉 (Fuquan) , 力勇 (Liyong) - bin Jantan, 尊文 (Zunwen) , Shun An, Jing Wei, 长春 (Changchun) - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
At the beginning of the game, Grilled appeared to have already taken this victory to the bank. Today, Z-FC's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Z-FC took the lead 2 minutes in, as
Virgílio Freire Lins broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. 3 minutes into the game Grilled's
朱. 长春 (Changchun) found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. Z-FC broke through on the left 28 minutes into the game, with
Horst Wlassak firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead.
Virgílio Freire Lins increased the lead for Z-FC to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 52 percent of the ball.
The Grilled had underestimated the opposition during the first half, but clearly realised the predicament they were in. That was timely, as they still had a chance to change the outcome of the game.
Yordi Ros could have increased the lead after 51 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Grilled breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 62 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. With 70 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Grilled showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 2 when
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. 74 minutes into the game,
Vanderson Guiga had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Caspar Froidevaux. 76 minutes in, Grilled's
凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The visitors'
Chow Ying Lee was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 3 - 3 after 80 minutes. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.
Most important Z-FC player was
N. Zuberbühler. However,
Tejs Nonbye made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .
朱. 长春 (Changchun) on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.