It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 2-5-3 formation while the visitors instead opted for 3-5-2.Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their magical level with that tactic.Cyril Künzler could have put Grilled into the lead after 4 minutes, but the free kick went just wide.Grilled had a good opportunity to take the lead as Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of Luis Monteiro.Manchester's Jahid Abdul Rahman took a knock to the head after 22 minutes, due to a badly executed header. He took a few uneasy steps, but got dizzy and then taken off the field. The player that took his place was Chau Chao Yeow.Many thought Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee ought to have been awarded a penalty 26 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around Luis Monteiro after a determined run through the middle.Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng was shown a yellow card after 29 minutes for slicing down an opponent.Sid Ottoade went down after twisting his right ankle in minute 29, but was able to continue the match none the less.Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.With 33 minutes played, Sigi Tevreden of Manchester fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.
Some great play up the middle by Grilled led to a chance for Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar to score after 61 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar.Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.After a fine move down the middle Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun nearly gave the home side a goal after 76 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide.78 minutes in, Grilled's Florus Romijn received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 79 minutes. This gave Grilled the 1 - 0 lead.After 82 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However, Luis Monteiro made a spectacular save.It was obvious that team Grilled had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings.87 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Grilled.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 2 - 0.Grilled had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.
