The teams had chosen different formations for the match. Home team Grilled Birds went for 2-5-3 while Kim Tae Hee FC has decided to play a 5-5-0 lineup.Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their divine level with that tactic.Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for UDNTK on this day, taking advantage of their utopian level with that tactic.Bartolomé Nil was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by Alok Jagannath, but the ball bounced off the post to safety.Alok Jagannath of UDNTK received a yellow card after 15 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.Despite hurting his right foot at the 22 minute mark, Ivan Zhekov decided to keep playing.They were singing the praises of Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni 24 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 Grilled.Zabidi Faysal stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving UDNTK the goal to make it 1 - 1.After 30 minutes, Bartolomé Nil took a hard knock between his legs. He needed a long breather but was eventually able to continue the game.Grilled made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun completely alone with keeper Paul Târlă, who made a spectacular block.The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.
After 74 minutes, Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee suffered a slight injury to his right calf muscle. However, it was not enough to stop him from continuing the game. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution. Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han came on for Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun.After 75 minutes, Grilled raised their score by one when Florus Romijn's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han. 2 - 1.With 75 minutes played, the UDNTK coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. Rafał Chuchro came on, Zabidi Faysal had to leave the fray.Grilled's Cyril Künzler swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball.Grilled's Islom Davlatov was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent.UDNTK almost scored after a swift counterattack 85 minutes into the game, but Kok Lee Kwang put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) replace 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) after 88 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 2 - 1.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.
