iv id="matchReport"> It was a scorching day at the stadium today.It was a very hot day and some players suffered from this, especially those relying on tough physical play or a lot of fast runs. For the technical ones, on the other hand, this was ideal conditions. They fielded: Dob - Mohammad Harun, 中北 (Nakakita) - Künzler, Davlatov, Egan, Muthyala, Romijn - Mudaliar, Ze Han, Parvathaneni.
Grilled Birds entered the field in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, Opukka II, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup.Opukka were mostly trying to use their divine (+9) skill at attacking on the flanks.The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Opukka's Joey Oxton after 10 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead.Opukka had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead.The home crowd was not impressed when Severin Brander came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 35 minutes. Opukka were now up 0 - 2.A marvellous Grilled effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 36 minutes by Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar, making the score 1 - 2.Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar made a quick rush after 42 minutes, but Simon Christus had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack.After 43 minutes, Opukka sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached Simon Christus, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 3.It was 1 - 3 at the break.Opukka had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.
Grilled refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni managed to slip the ball home for 2 - 3.Joey Oxton rose like a salmon, and was very close to scoring with a header after a corner, but sent the ball just over the bar.Given a free kick close to the byline, Opukka tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let Severin Brander slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 2 - 4, 57 minutes into the game.Some fine movement on the left led to a Opukka goal after 65 minutes, making it 2 - 5. Jerónimo Becerra was noted down as the scorer.After 70 minutes, Grilled switched Bernie Egan with Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.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.90 minutes into the game, Grilled's Cyril Künzler fired home from an incredible distance! We'll be seeing that on Xmas goal compilation DVDs for years to come! 3 - 5.The match ends 3 - 5.Possession in this half belonged to Opukka, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.
