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 clearly preferred using their divine (+2) ability to attack in the middle.Emeterio Eliese Cuesta managed to make an excellent pass from the wing, but Christophe Bernot was not as skillful and couldn't finish it off.Grilled's Florus Romijn was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 16 minutes.The referee signaled a penalty for the home side after 25 minutes, amid vocal protests from the visitors. Grilled fans erupted in celebration as Cyril Künzler rifled the ball into the the top corner. 1 - 0!Emeterio Eliese Cuesta tied the game at 1 - 1 after 28 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right.It was 1 - 1 at the break.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.
Grilled took the lead 50 minutes into the game by 2 - 1, as Bernie Egan elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.63 minutes in, BOURINATOR's Yann Gantois received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.After 64 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after Jean-Sébastien Rivière made it through the middle and struck home to make it 2 - 2.Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Florus Romijn rendered him his second booking of the match, and Grilled had to finish the game with a reduced squad.The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni, but the Grilled player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 3 - 2!The home team will be cursing Christophe Bernot for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 3 - 3 after 67 minutes.The guests took the lead 72 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in Christophe Bernot scoring to make it 3 - 4.Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 85 minutes. Prokop Mottl" class="homeplayer">Prokop Mottl was given a chance to change things around.The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 3 minutes beyond the regular 90 minutes.Given a free kick in a difficult position after 90 minutes, Grilled tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish.The match ends 3 - 4.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
