Tte. Fariña de Caacupé fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. Grilled took the lead after 17 minutes making the score 0 - 1. Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left.22 minutes into the match, José Luiz Velho came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide.Caacupé's Peter Dahlborg was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - Lartaun Urianafarrondo managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 1 after 24 minutes.After 30 minutes, Grilled's Chirag Thevar" class="awayplayer">Chirag Thevar made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2.1 - 2 was the halftime score.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.
The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, Leonard Nguyen" class="awayplayer">Leonard Nguyen came on for 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita).The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. Chirag Thevar" class="awayplayer">Chirag Thevar wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Pompeo Bellamoli after 46 minutes.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let Remco van der Ban replace 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) after 46 minutes.Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over Gustavo 'La roca' Camacho but overcooked it and hit the bar instead.The referee showed Grilled's Remco van der Ban the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="awayplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun could have put his team up another goal 58 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post.The cannonball from 35 metres by Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni of Grilled was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net.It was announced by the referee that he estimated stoppage time to be around 1 minute. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match!The match ends 1 - 2.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.
