Grilled Birds entered the field in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, 1. FC Neandertal, chose to start the game with a 3-4-3 lineup.Neandertal mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their magical level with that tactic.It was obvious that team Neandertal had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings.A mistake by the home side's central defence after 17 minutes allowed Juan Moncayo to score for Neandertal. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1.24 minutes in, and Grilled were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when Florus Romijn picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper.The visiting Facundo Fernández was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 32 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score.Cyril Künzler made a nice dash down the wing after 33 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded.35 minutes into the match, Grilled's Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 2 - 2.Grilled took the lead 36 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.Grilled solidified their lead at the 37 minute mark, as 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 2.The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Eliyahu Argov from Neandertal a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 39 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!Halftime score was 4 - 2.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 52 percent of the ball.
The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Islom Davlatov after 46 minutes.After 47 minutes, Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni put Grilled ahead 5 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing.Neandertal certainly deserved a goal after some stunning play down the left, but Ariel Szalewicz just wasn't able to finish.After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Neeraj Muthyala got himself booked. The manager of Grilled was not happy.A late sliding challenge from Eliyahu Argov was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and Neandertal left a man down.Cyril Künzler increased Grilled's lead to 6 - 2 with a penalty spot cannonball.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han replace Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee after 80 minutes.It was announced by the referee that he estimated stoppage time to be around 2 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match!The match ends 6 - 2.Grilled had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.
