Red Ibex entered the field in a 4-5-1 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup.Grilled took a creative approach on the field.With 3 minutes played, Ahmed Pećanić of Grilled fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.After a fine move down the middle Kirti Shekhawat nearly gave the home side a goal after 11 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide.It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why Kirti Shekhawat found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork.With 17 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as Bhagyaraj Nagireddy flipped the ball in after a cross from the right.18 minutes into the match, Jérémy Tarin bent a free kick around the home team's defensive formation, leaving the keeper with no chance for a save. Grilled had levelled the scoreline at 1 - 1.Grilled's Islom Davlatov excelled in some fine tricks that completely confused Marius Botorog - and the finish was no less spectacular - 1 - 2!Grilled's Prokop Mottl" class="awayplayer">Prokop Mottl was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 35 minutes.Ibex's Bhagyaraj Nagireddy put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 36 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock.2 - 2 was the halftime score.Ibex claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.
60 minutes into the game, Grilled's Iman Eshrafi surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to Prokop Mottl" class="awayplayer">Prokop Mottl who easily found the back of the net, making the score 2 - 3.The crowd was on its feet 67 minutes into the match, as Ibex's Arindam Shrivastava found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 3 - 3 equaliser.As usual, Ahmed Pećanić tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all.After 77 minutes, Silvano Holzwarth slowly got up on his feet, clutching his left thigh, but eventually signalled that he was ready to play on. After 80 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving Ang Leong Kum off the field. Mohd Jafni Abdul Majid" class="awayplayer">Mohd Jafni Abdul Majid took his place.With 80 minutes played Sundeep Iyengar almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' Krystian Rykowski was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball.After 85 minutes of play, Bhagyaraj Nagireddy gave the home team a 4 - 3 lead after an attack coming in from the right.At that, Bhagyaraj Nagireddy was noted down for a hat trick!Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's Jérémy Tarin was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 88 minutes. Pompeo Bellamoli was given a chance to change things around.As Jérémy Tarin left the field, the coach signaled to Ahmed Pećanić to be the new set pieces taker.The referee announced 3 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 4 - 3.Ibex enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
