Grilled Birds fielded a 1-5-3 lineup. For Athletic Club de Kruisweg, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. Grilled clearly preferred using their extra-terrestrial ability to attack in the middle.A.K. 1923 were mostly trying to use their utopian skill at attacking on the flanks.Given a free kick close to the byline, A.K. 1923 tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let I. Langeveld slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 1, 22 minutes into the game.C. Won was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Grilled with a strike from the left, but F. Stoutjesdijk managed to ward the shot off for a corner.A.K. 1923's M. Klashorst got himself booked for a foul.Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.Grilled tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play.A.K. 1923 increased their lead after 30 minutes when N. Moustakime broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay.A.K. 1923's A. Procee was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes for slicing down an opponent.Grilled's A. Leong Kum cut towards the middle after 35 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 2.36 minutes into the game, Grilled had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable.The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.
The Grilled players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again.With 46 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. H. Trung Quá came on, G. Filippone had to leave the fray.With G. Filippone no longer on the pitch, R. Isufi became the new set pieces taker.H. Trung Quá was handed the Grilled captain's armband.Grilled's A. Leong Kum put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 63 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock.The home side put themselves ahead 3 - 2 after 66 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from M. Saliman, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing.The referee showed A.K. 1923's N. Moustakime the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.Grilled put themselves up 4 - 2 when K. Parvathaneni broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.R. Isufi wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by 田. 勇航 (Yonghang).As R. Isufi exited the field, 悠. 中北 (Nakakita) volunteered to be the new set pieces taker.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let C. Xin Lee replace K. Parvathaneni after 80 minutes.Grilled's H. Trung Quá increased the lead to 5 - 2, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 82 minutes.C. Won managed to make an excellent pass from the wing, but C. Xin Lee was not as skillful and couldn't finish it off.Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.88 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) broke through, making the score 6 - 2 for Grilled.The referee announced 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over.The match ends 6 - 2.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 61 percent of the ball.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt 田. 勇航 (Yonghang).H. Trung Quá on the other hand, had a terrible day.T. Tamburaka performed admirably for A.K. 1923.However, M. Klashorst made a disastrous appearance.
