Grilled Birds entered the field in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, -Blitz-, chose to start the game with a 5-4-1 lineup.-Blitz- used their passable skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field.They were singing the praises of 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) 8 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Grilled.Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni got himself booked for a foul.-Blitz- had a chance to level the scores as Gagan Kamat suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar.A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Grilled to 2 - 0 as Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle.Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng was shown a yellow card after 28 minutes for slicing down an opponent.The swift technical skills of George-Cosmin Tudorache were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) who was humiliated after 32 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide.The home side's Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han came close to extending the lead 33 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but Antonio Hernalsteen managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.2 - 0 was the halftime score.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 58 percent of the ball.
At this time in the match, -Blitz- were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game.With 70 minutes played, George-Cosmin Tudorache had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot from the middle flew harmlessly wide of the goal.After 71 minutes, speedy Florus Romijn dashed past his marker, making plenty of room for the second wave of attack. However, Cyril Künzler failed to score.Grilled managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when Hoàng Trung Quá cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 75 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but Antonio Hernalsteen got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar.The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Gene Filippone after 85 minutes.Florus Romijn wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by Iman Eshrafi.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 - 0.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.
