iv id="matchReport"> 3817 spectators had found their way to Sint Janneke, despite the heavy rain. Norbert Kuttor was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Humbert 'was für ein' Humbug and Ervín Moučka. They fielded: De Groote - Skuggason, Tamliani, Godoy, Badini, Marques - Foket, De Brauwer, Lucas - Temmerman, Hayen.

Starters: Seng - bin Ahmad, Tarin - Mottl, Ze Han, Trung Quá, Parvathaneni, Tran - Xin Lee, Xin Seng, Eshrafi.

Hertals City fielded a 5-3-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. Hertals mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their magnificent level with that tactic. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their titanic level with that tactic. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 6 minutes allowed Iman Eshrafi to score for Grilled. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. 14 minutes in, and Hertals were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when Benjamín Skuggason picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. Geoffrey Lucas gave Hertals the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 2 - 1 18 minutes into the game Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="awayplayer">Moey Xin Seng found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 2 - 2. With 19 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 3 - 2 lead as Daniel Marques flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. Koka Tamliani had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Grilled levelled the score after 29 minutes to make it 3 - 3, as Moey Xin Seng" class="awayplayer">Moey Xin Seng struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. 30 minutes into the game, Jérémy Tarin almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 3 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 63 percent of the ball.

After 46 minutes, the Hertals coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving Robbie De Groote off the field. Fab Krebbs took his place. After 58 minutes, Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 3 - 4. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Hertals's Fabrice De Brauwer was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 66 minutes. Souhaïb El-Alaoui was given a chance to change things around. Benjamín Skuggason, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni was, after 72 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper Fab Krebbs made the save. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 76 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. The home crowd cheered when, after 78 minutes, Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Jean-Éric Foket knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 4 - 4 after 79 minutes. As the 80 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution. Dante Tran" class="awayplayer">Dante Tran reluctantly made way for José Luiz Velho on the pitch. 80 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution. 田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) came on for Hoàng Trung Quá. 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. After the regular 91 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, José Marcelo Godoy got himself booked. The manager of Hertals was not happy. After 99 minutes, Grilled put themselves up 4 - 5, as Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. 114 minutes in, Hertals's Giorgio Badini received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 114 minutes, Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee suffered a slight injury to his right calf muscle. However, it was not enough to stop him from continuing the game. Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 115 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Prokop Mottl" class="awayplayer">Prokop Mottl who increased Grilled's lead to 4 - 6. With 117 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 4 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han. The match ends 4 - 7. Hertals's best player was Daniel Marques. Geoffrey Lucas on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's top performer was clearly Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee. On the other hand, Dan Seng's play was disheartening.