iv id="matchReport"> The crowd turning up at the stadium today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain.The wet pitch made it difficult for technical or quick players to stand out. For once, the players relying on physical strength gained the upper hand. They fielded: Serpin - Mohammad Harun, 中北 (Nakakita) - Künzler, Xin Seng, Xin Lee, Muthyala, Romijn - Egan, Ze Han, Parvathaneni.
As the teams spread out over the pitch, it became clear that they would both be using a 2-5-3 formation today.Grilled used their divine (+1) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings.Grilled took the lead 15 minutes in, as Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper.A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng increasing the lead to 2 - 0.Grilled solidified their lead at the 28 minute mark, as Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0.Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng increased the lead for Grilled to 4 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it!With 41 minutes played, Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han could have brought this one home for Grilled as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high.It was 4 - 0 at the break.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 73 percent of possession.
Moey Xin Seng" class="homeplayer">Moey Xin Seng wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by Islom Davlatov.Islom Davlatov was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Grilled's Florus Romijn managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 5 - 0After 49 minutes, Stratton switched Tymon 'Tywin' Tyabin with Aurangzeb 'Auri' Aurangzeb, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.The score became 6 - 0 at 55 minutes into the game, when Grilled were given a penalty which Cyril Künzler blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance!Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Stratton's Poldy 'Polulogas' Połubiński was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 62 minutes. Andrew Blackmore was given a chance to change things around.With 64 minutes played, the Stratton coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. Miklós Szabó came on, Lino 'Limi' Lima had to leave the fray.The home side's Cyril Künzler came close to extending the lead 71 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but Bill 'Billy' Billson managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.72 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Neeraj Muthyala broke through, making the score 7 - 0 for Grilled.After 73 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However, Bill 'Billy' Billson made a spectacular save.With 75 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 8 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 85 minutes, Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb came on for Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun.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 8 - 0.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.
