It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 5-3-2 formation while the visitors instead opted for 2-5-3.Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their extra-terrestrial level with that tactic.They were singing the praises of Allan Greatbatch 3 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Rabber.Rabber managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when Stephen Martinez cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.Carlos Fernández showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Rabber after 29 minutes to make the score 3 - 0.Grilled made it 3 - 1 as 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar who whipped a low drive in off the far post.Grilled's Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar hurt his back 41 minutes into the match, and had to be convinced by the medical team that it was safer not to continue the match. This gave Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee a chance to take to the field instead.Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="awayplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun had a couple of good opportunities to reply after getting through the middle of the opposition defence, but the home team's keeper Felix Weisshaupt was simply unbeatable.Halftime score was 3 - 1.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 53 percent of the ball.
Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. Rashid bin Ahmad was given a chance to change things around.With 46 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. Jérémy Tarin came on, Hoàng Trung Quá had to leave the fray.Felix Weisshaupt left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Artur Bołoz was the replacement.Encouraged by their lead, after 46 minutes the Rabber coach asked Ndumiso Moloi to change positions with Rudolph Caffrey.Grilled kept trying to force their way through on the right side and Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni got his chance after 57 minutes, but the home side's defence held their position and stopped the attack.A bit later, Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="awayplayer">Moey Xin Seng easily reduced the lead to 3 - 2 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence.An equalising goal seemed certain after 70 minutes when Moey Xin Seng" class="awayplayer">Moey Xin Seng attacked down the left wing, but Artur Bołoz just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net.71 minutes into the game, Allan Greatbatch finished off a Rabber left wing counterattack, making the score 4 - 2.Cheers filled the stadium as Ndumiso Moloi broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 2 to Rabber.Grilled were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 77 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="awayplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun, who smashed it home to make the score 5 - 3.Stephen Martinez dispatched a majestic long shot 85 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres.86 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Stephen Martinez broke through, making the score 6 - 3 for Rabber.It was announced by the referee that he estimated stoppage time to be around 3 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match!The match ends 6 - 3.Possession was split evenly between the teams.
