University of G.E.D.E.S started the game in a 5-4-1 formation, whereas Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. University clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could, taking advantage of their brilliant level with that tactic.2 minutes into the game, Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar.Fabio Pesoa knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 0 after 3 minutes.Prokop Mottl" class="awayplayer">Prokop Mottl enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again.Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Elías Salas squirmed through their central defence after 27 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0.2 - 0 was the halftime score.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.
The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave Remco van der Ban the opportunity the player had been hoping for. José Luiz Velho reluctantly left the field.The visitors got a chance to pull one back after 47 minutes, as the home defence went to sleep, leaving Gene Filippone completely unmarked in the middle. His strike was pathetic though, and dribbled into the arms of the home side's keeper.The crowd roared its approval when Kostas Olianas somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="awayplayer">Moey Xin Seng 52 minutes into the game, following a good move through the middle.University's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing Waldo Franceschetti to score easily from the right flank for 3 - 0.A great save by keeper Dan Seng after 55 minutes kept the visitors in the game after Marcelo Gabriel Manso struck from the left with a real cannonball.Grilled reduced the deficit to 3 - 1 with a penalty placed perfectly beside the left post by Jérémy Tarin.Elias Gratsch didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play.Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's Gene Filippone was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 75 minutes. Rashid bin Ahmad was given a chance to change things around.A bit later, Grilled's Neeraj Muthyala easily reduced the lead to 3 - 2 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence.With 80 minutes played, Osvaldo Inri Rodríguez Drago could have brought this one home for University as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high.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 - 2.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 57 percent of the ball.
