FC Pimento 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 the lead 15 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee was the scorer.23 minutes in, Pimento's Borger Vriendwijk received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.After 30 minutes, Iwan Blijd got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away.Wolf Wigge of Pimento seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by Lukas Hirsch.With 40 minutes played, Haroon Saran of Pimento fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.1 - 1 was the halftime score.Pimento claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.
46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution. Gene Filippone came on for Rashid bin Ahmad.Pimento created a good opportunity to score 63 minutes into the match when Iwan Blijd's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball.As the 75 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution. Prokop Mottl" class="awayplayer">Prokop Mottl reluctantly made way for Dante Tran" class="awayplayer">Dante Tran on the pitch.Hilal Bakhtiar" class="awayplayer">Hilal Bakhtiar would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. Leong Wan Kang entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 80 minutes.After a fine move down the middle Haroon Saran nearly gave the home side a goal after 84 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide.86 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when Pimento's Haroon Saran received his second yellow card and was sent off.The coach of Pimento wanted to try to change things around after 86 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 87 minutes allowed Neeraj Muthyala to score for Grilled. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2.Lukas Hirsch of Pimento received a yellow card after 87 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.Pimento's Wolf Wigge put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 88 minutes, but the ball went wide.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 1 - 2.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Pimento, with 52 percent of the ball.
