Chimica Târnăveni fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. Grilled clearly preferred using their utopian ability to attack in the middle.Neeraj Muthyala was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by Islom Davlatov, but the ball bounced off the post to safety.悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) came close to putting the visiting team one up 6 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but Mehmet Metin Ender managed to tip the ball to a corner.After 11 minutes, Demid Sazhin came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Chimica the lead.Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.Grilled tied it all up, 24 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by Islom Davlatov, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1.Down the middle came Islom Davlatov, making a fantastic play that nearly had Grilled take the lead after 35 minutes, but Mehmet Metin Ender preserved the tie.1 - 1 was the halftime score.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.
Chimica fans held their breath as Urbano Arnao scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 2 - 1!Grilled's Florus Romijn had a good first touch on the flank, but was crowded and, after a change of plan, sent the ball to Moey Xin Seng" class="awayplayer">Moey Xin Seng who somehow managed to curl the ball wide.The visitors didn't give in and, after 63 minutes, Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="awayplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 2 - 2.66 minutes into the match, Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to Florus Romijn who chipped it in for 2 - 3.After 67 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Islom Davlatov who increased Grilled's lead to 2 - 4.Islom Davlatov received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 71 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 2 - 5. The Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early.At that, Islom Davlatov was noted down for a hat trick!悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie).The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 85 minutes, Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han came on for Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee.The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact.The match ends 2 - 5.Grilled had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.
