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 4-3-3.Grilled used their divine (+2) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings.Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Tobi on this day, taking advantage of their world class level with that tactic.Ferenc Szathmári showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Tobi after 3 minutes to make the score 0 - 1.Florus Romijn's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 11 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to Cyril Künzler who knocked it in for Grilled. 1 - 1!Siegwart Kriegmaier went down after twisting his left ankle after 24 minutes, and had to leave the pitch.The replacement for the injured player was Christoph Nerée. Grilled had a chance to take the lead after Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 26 minutes.With 31 minutes played Islom Davlatov almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide.A counterattack by Tobi after 32 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but Jeremy de Munnik, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off.33 minutes into the game, Tobi seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak.After 37 minutes of play, Cyril Künzler gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right.With 39 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after Ferenc Szathmári came through the middle, but his shot went wide.2 - 1 was the halftime score.Grilled had most of the ball, with 79 percent of possession.
The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Tobi had passable organisation.The crowd was amused as Ferenc Szathmári of Tobi used a few interesting tricks and dribbles to get into the penalty box. The finish by Hung Creel wasn't very amusing, however, as the ball flew way over the crossbar.Grilled had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 50 minutes, but Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni's shot from the left sailed high over the bar.Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Bernie Egan squirmed through their central defence after 69 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1.Bernie Egan could have increased the lead after 70 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let Hoàng Trung Quá replace Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb after 89 minutes.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!Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.Grilled solidified their lead at the 90 minute mark, as Vikram Mudaliar" class="homeplayer">Vikram Mudaliar dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1.The match ends 4 - 1.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.
