As the teams spread out over the pitch, it became clear that they would both be using a 2-5-3 formation today.Grilled clearly preferred using their titanic ability to attack in the middle.Joker decided to play creatively at a passable level.Grilled took the lead 15 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.Joker's Lim Ping Tong took a knock to the head after 32 minutes, due to a badly executed header. He looked wobbly for a second, but eventually just laughed it off and continued playing. After 33 minutes, Jérémy Tarin put Grilled ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing.Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.Grilled solidified their lead at the 36 minute mark, as Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let Leong Wan Kang replace Neeraj Muthyala after 36 minutes.After 38 minutes, Grilled were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans.Halftime score was 3 - 0.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.
Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun of Grilled seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 4 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) came on for Jérémy Tarin.Haris Manaf of Joker was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.Given a free kick close to the byline, Grilled tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let Islom Davlatov slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 5 - 0, 76 minutes into the game.Grilled's Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball.With 85 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 6 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun increased the lead for Grilled to 7 - 0, 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!The referee announced 1 minute 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 7 - 0.Grilled had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.
Grilled's top performer was clearly Islom Davlatov.Krystian Rykowski on the other hand, had a terrible day.The most dominating Joker player was without a doubt Haris Manaf.Subri Rafi turned in a dismal performance, however.
