Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Black Banana FC, the formation of choice was 3-4-3. Banana were mostly trying to use their excellent skill at attacking on the flanks.With 9 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni flipped the ball in after a cross from the right.Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng increased the lead for Grilled to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it!Neeraj Muthyala sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from Cyril Künzler after 29 minutes of play, making the score 3 - 0.The home side's Islom Davlatov came close to extending the lead 35 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but José Fernández managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.With 38 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.40 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty that Cyril Künzler turned into 5 - 0 without a problem.5 - 0 was the halftime score.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 86 percent.
51 into the match, Banana's Silas Blocker fell flat on his chest. After a breather, he was ready to continue. Hoàng Trung Quá could have increased the lead after 54 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park.Grilled's Islom Davlatov increased the lead to 6 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 66 minutes.Grilled put themselves up 7 - 0 when Hoàng Trung Quá broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. Islom Davlatov wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for 田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) after 89 minutes.The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 1 minute of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact.The match ends 7 - 0.Grilled had most of the ball, with 86 percent of possession.
