Green Island Warriors fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 3-5-2. Grilled demonstrated their creative tactics on the field.Warriors made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left P. McLarnon completely alone with keeper K. Rykowski, who made a spectacular block.Grilled had to make a substitution after 12 minutes. K. Parvathaneni limped off the field and was replaced by A. Leong Kum.With 14 minutes played P. McLarnon almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' K. Rykowski was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball.Warriors's V. McNamara got himself booked for a foul.Grilled were forced into a substitution as L. Wan Kang couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing P. Bellamoli to come in off the bench.They were singing the praises of E. Naldi 18 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Warriors.Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. Mansaray squirmed through their central defence after 19 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0.Halftime score was 2 - 0.Warriors had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.
Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's H. Bakhtiar was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. M. Abdul Majid was given a chance to change things around.Cheers filled the stadium as M. Mansaray broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Warriors.Warriors's T. Leech had an excellent opportunity after 62 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles!P. McLarnon of Warriors received a yellow card after 70 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.With 75 minutes played, Warriors's R. Fona almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net.Warriors put themselves up 4 - 0 when S. van der Voort broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.Given a free kick close to the byline, Warriors tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let D. Brandstetter slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 5 - 0, 77 minutes into the game.A. Leong Kum had a couple of good opportunities to reply after getting through the middle of the opposition defence, but the home team's keeper S. McDermott was simply unbeatable.The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact.The match ends 5 - 0.Warriors enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.
Warriors's best player was M. Mansaray.D. Fallon on the other hand, had a terrible day.Grilled's top performer was clearly A. Leong Kum.On the other hand, R. van der Ban's play was disheartening.
