The teams had chosen different formations for the match. Home team Newbridge City Football Club went for 3-5-2 while Grilled Birds has decided to play a 2-5-3 lineup.Cyril Künzler gave the visitors the lead 7 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area.Due to some great work on the right wing Newbridge's Anselm Toifl was able to even the score after 18 minutes to make the score 1 - 1.Ninos Kounalakis got left behind when Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni left scorch marks in the turf 20 minutes, finishing off with a blisteringly swift strike. 1-2!Rodney Karetu received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 24 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score.After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 37 minutes into the match, an alert Felipe Santolalla bagged the ball for Newbridge, levelling the score to 2 - 2.The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2.Grilled had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.
Rodney Karetu knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 3 - 2 after 64 minutes.The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee reluctantly left the field.Gene Filippone dispatched a majestic long shot 66 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres.Ninos Kounalakis increased the lead for Newbridge to 4 - 2, 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!Cheers filled the stadium as Felipe Santolalla broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 2 to Newbridge.Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's Mohammad Ramli Saliman was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 89 minutes. José Luiz Velho was given a chance to change things around.As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 1 minute as stoppage time.The match ends 5 - 2.Possession was split evenly between the teams.
Newbridge's best player was Anselm Toifl.However, Falko Freis made a disastrous appearance.The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Islom Davlatov.José Luiz Velho on the other hand, had a terrible day.
