The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 66954 had shown up at The Match Losers Arena for the match. Benjamin Fourmaux was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Maino and Željko Branežac. Losers tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination.Lineup: Pănescu - Mystek, Boesen, Skrzypczyk, Peña - 伟坤 (Weikun), Grotten, Blommo - Godard, Barszczewski, vom Berg.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation.The following players had been chosen: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Filippone - Ping Shun, Shun An, Jing Wei, Meyer, Aik Jia - 勇航 (Yonghang) , bin Mohd Kassim, Ying Lee.
Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Losers.The swift technical skills of 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow J. Peña who was humiliated after 2 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide.The visitors grabbed the lead after W. Ping Shun's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1.After 34 minutes, G. Boesen made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1.Losers played a good counterattacking move down the left 37 minutes into the match, with G. Boesen finishing well for 2 - 1.The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 38 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but A. Pănescu got the best of it, blocking the shot from 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .2 - 1 was the score after the first half.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.
Coming through the middle C. Meyer almost scored the equaliser for Grilled after 47 minutes, but A. Pănescu made an excellent save, tipping the awkward curled shot past the post.A. Pănescu's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from W. Ping Shun's shot from the left 63 minutes into the match.After 72 minutes, speedy C. Ying Lee dashed past his marker, making plenty of room for the second wave of attack. However, M. bin Mohd Kassim failed to score.Grilled levelled the score after 76 minutes to make it 2 - 2, as 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked.The guests almost went up by a goal after 80 minutes when W. Ping Shun came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though.Losers caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 81 minutes into the match. G. vom Berg was able to finish off the move - 3 - 2.With 84 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after C. Ying Lee came through the middle, but his shot went wide.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 82 percent.
R. Barszczewski performed admirably for Losers.A. Pănescu on the other hand, had a terrible day.The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .M. bin Mohd Kassim turned in a dismal performance, however.The match ends 3 - 2.