As the teams spread out over the pitch, it became clear that they would both be using a 2-5-3 formation today.The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 15 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from Islom Davlatov, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing.The home team will be cursing Styrbjörn Sabel for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 24 minutes.The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to Islom Davlatov, but the Grilled player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1!After 30 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after Elmo Vehmanen made it through the middle and struck home to make it 2 - 2.Cyril Künzler was very close to giving Grilled the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 36 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar.The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.
After 63 minutes, Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 3 - 2, giving Grilled the lead.With 69 minutes played, Grilled's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to Bernie Egan he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 4 - 2.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee replace Bernie Egan after 70 minutes.Grilled solidified their lead at the 72 minute mark, as Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 2.73 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as Teemu Aura anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 5 - 3.After 77 minutes, Grilled began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition.The referee showed Jymy's Niko Valaja the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.The referee announced 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over.The match ends 5 - 3.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.
