As the teams spread out over the pitch, it became clear that they would both be using a 2-5-3 formation today.Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their utopian level with that tactic.After 4 minutes, Grilled's Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar swiftly ran past Alessandro Notarnicola and nutmegged the keeper! 0 - 1.After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 14 minutes into the match, an alert Giuseppe Viazzo bagged the ball for ~Pollen~, levelling the score to 1 - 1.Alessandro Notarnicola got left behind when Grilled's Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar left scorch marks in the turf 19 minutes, finishing off with a blisteringly swift strike. 1-2!23 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty and Cyril Künzler was able to increase the visitors' lead to 1 - 3 rolling the ball in by the right post.Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 30 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 4. The Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early.A drive down the left side allowed Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee to get in close and score another goal for Grilled after 33 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 5.With 42 minutes played, Florus Romijn nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.It was 1 - 5 at the break.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.
Neeraj Muthyala left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Islom Davlatov was the replacement.Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.After 72 minutes, Albert Bollinger had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for ~Pollen~ with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han came on for Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar.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 1 - 5.Grilled had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.
