Grilled Birds entered the field in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, sealion, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup.After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, F. Romijn got himself booked. The manager of Grilled was not happy.M. Cristică was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on!Grilled took the lead 27 minutes into the match after a magnificent free kick by C. Künzler that made the score 1 - 0.C. Künzler, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass.I. Eshrafi could have increased the lead after 29 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park.31 minutes into the game sealion's B. Canales found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1.Halftime score was 1 - 1.Grilled had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.
The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 47 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from P. Mottl, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing.72 minutes in, Grilled's G. Filippone received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.Grilled increased the lead as C. Künzler struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.Grilled's I. Eshrafi saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 75 minutes.G. Filippone wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by R. bin Ahmad.The referee announced 1 minute 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 3 - 1.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.
Grilled's best player was M. Saliman.P. Mottl on the other hand, had a terrible day.Most important sealion player was D. Yitzchaki.On the other hand, G. Demaret's play was disheartening.
