The teams had chosen different formations for the match. Home team Grilled Birds went for 2-5-3 while Schraal United has decided to play a 3-5-2 lineup.After some beautiful movement down the left wing, 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) scored for Grilled putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 5 minutes.11 minutes in, Grilled's Islom Davlatov received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.After 30 minutes, Grilled raised their score by one when Florus Romijn's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng. 2 - 0.The visitors got one back when Merlijn Eykenboom finished off a pass from the left and scored after 33 minutes. 2 - 1 was the score.It was 2 - 1 at the break.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
Coming through the middle Jake Waterbolk almost scored the equaliser for Schraal after 47 minutes, but Valentin Batâr made an excellent save, tipping the awkward curled shot past the post.52 minutes into the match Cyril Künzler put Grilled ahead 3 - 1 with a truly marvelous free kick.Gerard Barning of Schraal received a yellow card after 57 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.Always quick and a menace to his opponents, Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni was very close to getting through after 60 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms.The away team improved the scoreline to 3 - 2, as Gert-Marijn Holdorp struck home, set up well by a play on the left 69 minutes into the match.The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. Hoàng Trung Quá wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) after 70 minutes.Grilled put themselves up 4 - 2 when Islom Davlatov broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.After 76 minutes, Grilled's lack of experience resulted in the team's loss of their edge at the end of the game.Grilled's Cyril Künzler was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 5 - 2 after 79 minutes.The referee announced 2 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 5 - 2.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
