Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For VSV Hinten Dicht, the formation of choice was 3-5-2. Grilled clearly preferred using their divine (+2) ability to attack in the middle.Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Grilled's Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 0.The home side's Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb came close to extending the lead 15 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but Rico Ruthofer managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.Rico Ruthofer was caught napping as Cyril Künzler lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms.In a rapid move 17 minutes into the match, Bernie Egan of Grilled lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han who easily hit it home to make it 2 - 0. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy!Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.The visitors got one back when Mervyn Nelson finished off a pass from the left and scored after 22 minutes. 2 - 1 was the score.Tom Dankert finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 2 - 2 26 minutes into the match.Grilled fans held their breath as Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 3 - 2!3 - 2 was the halftime score.Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.
Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni had an excellent opportunity after 64 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles!After 70 minutes, VSV HD switched Hans-Philipp Mändle with Laurent Papot, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.With Hans-Philipp Mändle no longer on the pitch, Laurent Papot took over free kick duty.As the captain was no longer on the pitch, Mervyn Nelson took over the role of being the VSV HD captain.VSV HD levelled the score after 78 minutes to make it 3 - 3, as Tom Dankert struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked.After 82 minutes, Grilled's lack of experience resulted in the team's loss of their edge at the end of the game.A wonderful trick by Islom Davlatov that left Felix Walter-Offenbach bewildered really deserved to end in a goal but the keeper made a fine save.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!VSV HD's Agilbert Weiguni gave the visitors a 3 - 4 lead after 89 minutes with a superb strike from the right.Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 89 minutes, Grilled did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, Florus Romijn was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 4 - 4.The match ends 4 - 4.Possession in this half belonged to VSV HD, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.
