Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Farmer Bunnies, the formation of choice was 5-4-1. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Bunnies, taking advantage of their titanic level with that tactic.Bunnies mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 15 minutes, but Wong Ting Yew" class="awayplayer">Wong Ting Yew was unable to convert from short range.After 22 minutes, Florus Romijn sprinted between the opposing defenders and squared the ball, but the keeper deflected Cyril Künzler's shot.Bunnies bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by Enzo Paolo Panzarino for 0 - 1.After 33 minutes, a counter attack by Bunnies was converted into a decent free kick opportunity. However, the indirect free kick routine was easily anticipated by the defenders. A textbook example of how to defend a free kick - the attackers were left with few viable options.The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1.Grilled had most of the ball, with 79 percent of possession.
After 60 minutes of game time, Sofian Azfar had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but Valentin Batâr was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner.63 minutes into the game, Sofian Azfar finished off a Bunnies left wing counterattack, making the score 0 - 2.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Bunnies coach let Abderahim Bentellis replace Enzo Paolo Panzarino after 75 minutes.With Enzo Paolo Panzarino no longer on the pitch, Vishnu Tallapaka" class="awayplayer">Vishnu Tallapaka became the new set pieces taker.With a penalty awarded after 76 minutes, Grilled's Cyril Künzler placed the ball low and to the keeper's right, impossible to block. 1 - 2. Grilled's Islom Davlatov made an attempt at equalising 77 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound.Having turned the direction of play quickly, the Bunnies counter attack ended as the ball carrier was brought down violently by a defender after 78 minutes. The resulting free kick was a flat shot into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and did not allow the opponents to reach the ball.Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's Islom Davlatov was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 80 minutes. 田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) was given a chance to change things around.With 80 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni came on, Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee had to leave the fray.The match ends 1 - 2.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.
