Catalan entered the field in a 3-5-2 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup.Catalan immediately set off using their solid skill at pressing their opponents.Grilled used their titanic ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings.With 3 minutes played, Grilled's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to Jos� Luiz Velho he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 0 - 1.The visitors' Iman Eshrafi took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 14 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled.Grilled's Iman Eshrafi finished emphatically to make the score 0 -3 after 15 minutes, after the enigmatic J�r�my Tarin pulled a delightful long pass from his box of tricks to bypass the defence.Arto Soysalt�rk was in no condition to play on. He left the field limping after 29 minutes, with his right thigh bandaged. The player that took his place was Luigi Maria Salvioni.Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.The home crowd cheered when, after 37 minutes, Moey Xin Seng" class="awayplayer">Moey Xin Seng's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day.Grilled increased their lead after 38 minutes when Iman Eshrafi broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay.At that, Iman Eshrafi was noted down for a hat trick!0 - 4 was the halftime score.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.
The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, Prokop Mottl" class="awayplayer">Prokop Mottl came on for Jos� Luiz Velho.At this time in the match, Catalan were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game.The pressing tactics used by Catalan were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times.With 81 minutes played, Tsotne Muladze of Catalan fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.It took several tries, but Catalan managed to break through on the left after 82 minutes, getting the ball to Sergio Maraver who easily reduced the lead to make the score 1 - 4.Grilled's Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent.The home team's supporters got excited again when Adlef Huebler broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 2 - 4.Iman Eshrafi left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 85 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Leong Wan Kang was the replacement.After 85 minutes, a deliberate handball from Grilled's Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off.After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Manole Rogoz got himself booked. The manager of Catalan was not happy.After 88 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Prokop Mottl" class="awayplayer">Prokop Mottl who increased Grilled's lead to 2 - 5.The referee announced 3 minutes 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 2 - 5.Grilled had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.
