Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas royal1880 lined up in a 4-4-2 formation. After 16 minutes, Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Grilled the lead.With 17 minutes played, Neeraj Muthyala could have brought this one home for Grilled as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high.royal1880's Steinfinnur Eysturlíð got himself booked for a foul.A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni increasing the lead to 2 - 0.After 32 minutes Sergey Chichagov seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for royal1880 making it 2 - 1.Grilled managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.royal1880 reduced the lead after 42 minutes to 3 - 2 as Rob Imbrecht easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right.With 43 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 4 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Islom Davlatov, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.After 43 minutes, Abdelqawi Jomani slowly got up on his feet, clutching his left thigh, but eventually signalled that he was ready to play on. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 2.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.
Islom Davlatov should probably have put his team up another goal after 49 minutes after breaking through the middle, but some great goalkeeping by Abdelqawi Jomani kept the visitors in the game.Good work by the royal1880 defensive line after 50 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found Rob Imbrecht alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide.The game was close to savage at times, and royal1880's Steinfinnur Eysturlíð received a second yellow card after 52 minutes; his ticket out of the game.Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee went down after twisting his right ankle in minute 52, but was able to continue the match none the less.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) replace Hoàng Trung Quá after 60 minutes.Grilled were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 65 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by Cyril Künzler. 5 - 2 for the home side.Grilled put themselves up 6 - 2 when Islom Davlatov broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.72 minutes in, Grilled's Islom Davlatov received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.73 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Islom Davlatov broke through, making the score 7 - 2 for Grilled.This third goal completed a hattrick for Islom Davlatov.With 75 minutes played, the royal1880 coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. Blake Rangiihu came on, Rostislav Radvan had to leave the fray.As Rostislav Radvan left the field, the coach signaled to Josep Maria Abella to be the new set pieces taker.The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 3 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact.After 90 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However, Abdelqawi Jomani made a spectacular save.The match ends 7 - 2.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.
