It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 2-5-3 formation while the visitors instead opted for 5-3-2.Ropelearner preferred to finish off their attacks from a distance, taking advantage of their divine (+5) level with that tactic.Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 10 minutes.30 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Grilled to take the lead after a good cross from the right found Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post.After 33 minutes, Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Grilled the lead.Ropelearner made sure of not letting Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 38 minutes into the game, speedy Gianluca Dioguardi came to the rescue and stopped the attack.Florus Romijn of Grilled received a yellow card after 39 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.40 minutes into the game Ropelearner's Koray Güner found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1.Ropelearner succeeded with their tactics after 42 minutes faking a cross into the penalty area, but instead passing a short side pass back to 叶 (Ye) 军正 (Junzheng) who met the ball directly with his outstretched foot. The hard long shot touched the keeper's finger tips, but it wasn't enough to stop it from going in. 1 - 2.1 - 2 was the score after the first half.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.
After 50 minutes of play, Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar equalised for Grilled after an elegant attack from the right.Grilled's Islom Davlatov got himself booked for a foul.Jean-Félix D'hoedt held up a Ropelearner attack after 54 minutes, waited until Gábor Gém was in shooting position, and then elegantly set him up. Gábor Gém didn't disappoint his team mates, and from a distance he curled the ball with precision to the right of the keeper making it 2 - 3.With 55 minutes gone, Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking.Hoàng Trung Quá was the new captain of Grilled - handed the armband by the departing player.It was obvious that Ropelearner set up their play to get a shooter in position, and after 57 minutes they succeeded with their tactics when Koray Güner found a hole in the defence and his long shot left the keeper without a chance. 2 - 4.With 70 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) came on, Hoàng Trung Quá had to leave the fray.雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) became the new Grilled captain.Grilled supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to Cyril Künzler who reduced the visitors' lead after 73 minutes to 3 - 4.As Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Grilled player a red card without batting an eyelid.As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time.The match ends 3 - 4.Ropelearner had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.
