Pihkapallo fielded a 4-4-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 1-5-3. Pipa clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could, taking advantage of their mythical level with that tactic.Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their extra-terrestrial level with that tactic.Pipa were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 8 minutes, but J. Nenonen lofted a free kick over the crossbar.Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.After 25 minutes, Pipa's E. Fregnan surprised everyone as he managed to intercept a pass intended for the opposing keeper and flip it in, making the score 1 - 0.Pipa bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by J. Nenonen for 2 - 0.Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.F. Übius stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Pipa the goal to make it 3 - 0.39 minutes into the game, Grilled had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate.Halftime score was 3 - 0.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.
The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Grilled had solid organisation.Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's G. Filippone was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. H. Trung Quá was given a chance to change things around.With G. Filippone no longer on the pitch, R. Isufi became the new set pieces taker.H. Trung Quá became the new Grilled captain.Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.The visitors got a chance to pull one back after 66 minutes, as the home defence went to sleep, leaving M. Xin Seng completely unmarked in the middle. His strike was pathetic though, and dribbled into the arms of the home side's keeper.Grilled's C. Won got himself booked for a foul.76 minutes in, Grilled appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate.The bench was restless, and with 80 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) the opportunity the player had been hoping for. R. Isufi reluctantly left the field.As R. Isufi left the field, the coach signaled to 悠. 中北 (Nakakita) to be the new set pieces taker.After 80 minutes, Grilled switched K. Parvathaneni with C. Xin Lee, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.The match ends 3 - 0.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.
The most dominating Pipa player was without a doubt M. Suárez.However, K. Niittymäki made a disastrous appearance.田. 勇航 (Yonghang) performed admirably for Grilled.H. Trung Quá was a disappointment, however.
