Nikomatra entered the field in a 3-5-2 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup.Nikomatra seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their divine (+3) level with that tactic.Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle, taking advantage of their magical level with that tactic.0 - 1 was the score with 14 minutes played, after Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Grilled.Nikomatra's Carlo Poelarends excelled in some fine tricks that completely confused Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="awayplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun - and the finish was no less spectacular - 1 - 1!Nikomatra's Gerjan Schellekens got himself booked for a foul.Grilled took the lead 37 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. Cyril Künzler was the scorer.Nikomatra's Lander Heller was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent.After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 39 minutes into the match, an alert Kevin van der Roest bagged the ball for Nikomatra, levelling the score to 2 - 2.Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni showed his experience after 42 minutes, as he expertly set himself up to take advantage of a rebound off the crossbar, but his shot was tipped harmlessly out of the way.2 - 2 was the score after the first half.Grilled had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.
As the 46 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution. Vikram Mudaliar" class="awayplayer">Vikram Mudaliar reluctantly made way for Islom Davlatov on the pitch.After some beautiful movement down the left wing, Guus Molenaar scored for Nikomatra putting them ahead 3 - 2, after 56 minutes.Given a free kick in a difficult position after 65 minutes, Nikomatra tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish.Nikomatra's Robert-Jan de Hondt struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 4 - 2 after 66 minutes.The coach of Nikomatra was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 67 minutes, Edo van Beem came on for Robert-Jan de Hondt.Robert-Jan de Hondt was coming off, and had placed his last free kick for the day. That meant that Carlo Poelarends got the chance to showcase his dead ball skills.The visitors got one back when Islom Davlatov finished off a pass from the left and scored after 70 minutes. 4 - 3 was the score.Carlo Poelarends wanted to play on, but the Nikomatra coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 75 minutes into the game by Jan-Pieter Gelderman.As Carlo Poelarends left the field, the coach signaled to Jan-Pieter Gelderman to be the new set pieces taker.A scuffle developed as players from both sides clashed following a tussle in the centre of the field 76 minutes into the match. After regaining order and consulting his linesman, the referee called Grilled's Islom Davlatov to one side and produced a red card for the player.Ronald de Visser left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 79 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Enrico Pastoor was the replacement.After 80 minutes, Grilled switched Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee with Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 2 minutes beyond the regular 90 minutes.The match ends 4 - 3.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.
