iv id="matchReport"> Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 7208 at The Cooking Pot today. Midhet Tartić was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nils-Petter Johansson and Rob van Ieperen. Grilled started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Rykowski - van der Ban, bin Ahmad, Awyong, Bakhtiar - 福泉 (Fuquan) , bin Mohd Kassim, Lee Hao, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee - Bellamoli.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for PZB II. Starters: Van den Broeck - Morales, Zana, Almborn, Lipman - Özerol, Heimerl, Collège - De Castro, Örnblom, Martín.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for PZB II. At 6 minutes played, C. Ying Lee came in from the right with the intention of giving Grilled the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. After 7 minutes, the defensive line of PZB II created a counterattack through the middle that gave J. Lipman a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 14 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. Grilled were very close to putting themselves one up after 26 minutes as R. van der Ban got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. The goal for 1 - 0 was a funny story: after 39 minutes the seemingly nonchalant lob from Grilled's H. Bakhtiar landed at the feet of C. Ying Lee who sidefooted it into the net - nice goal! Things were going to get worse for the visitors. R. van der Ban squirmed through their central defence after 40 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Cheers filled the stadium as C. Ying Lee broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Grilled. By now, the players in Grilled felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. PZB II pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Grilled had solid organisation. 凌. 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. C. Meyer was the replacement. The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. P. Bellamoli wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Wan Kang after 46 minutes. 69 minutes in, Grilled's C. Meyer received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. At this time in the match, PZB II were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. 72 minutes in, PZB II appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. After 73 minutes, PZB II switched K. Örnblom with H. Schwenk, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. C. Awyong had a fantastic opportunity to put Grilled up another goal 75 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. There was concern in the stands when, at the 81 minute mark, PZB II's R. Morales hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 82 minutes into the game, PZB II seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to poor. With 89 minutes played, the PZB II coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. F. Bokri came on, W. Van den Broeck had to leave the fray. The bench was restless, and with 89 minutes passed PZB II's coach gave V. Kosturkov the opportunity the player had been hoping for. A. Zana reluctantly left the field. Grilled had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

L. Lee Hao performed admirably for Grilled. R. van der Ban was a disappointment, however. The most dominating PZB II player was without a doubt F. Heimerl. On the other hand, E. Martín's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.