2-5-3 was the choice of the day for both coaches. Grilled used their magical ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings.FCK clearly preferred using their divine (+1) ability to attack in the middle.The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of FCK's Christian 'The Iceman' Neubauer after 15 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead.After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Christian 'The Iceman' Neubauer got himself booked. The manager of FCK was not happy.After 22 minutes of play, Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni evened things up for Grilled with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1.Florus Romijn of Grilled was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.After 26 minutes, FCK's Rafael Fischer made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2.FCK's Thomas 'International' Schmid got himself booked for a foul.It was obvious that team FCK had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings.After 29 minutes, FCK's Thomas 'International' Schmid burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3.It was 1 - 3 at the break.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.
The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Hoàng Trung Quá reluctantly left the field.Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.59 minutes into the match, Grilled's Cyril Künzler demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han who chipped it in for 2 - 3.Due to some great work on the right wing Grilled's Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han was able to even the score after 63 minutes to make the score 3 - 3.After 65 minutes of play, Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee gave the home team a 4 - 3 lead after an attack coming in from the right.FCK levelled the score after 68 minutes to make it 4 - 4, as Christian 'The Iceman' Neubauer struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked.The corner kick from Johannes 'Jojo' Prankner was powerfully met by the head of Marco 'Italiano' Cappelletti to make the score 4 - 5.The crowd roared in delight as Islom Davlatov finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Grilled 73 minutes into the match. 5 - 5.89 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution. José Luiz Velho came on for Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee.The referee announced 3 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over.After 90 minutes, Grilled began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition.The match ends 5 - 5.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 59 percent of the ball.
