Grilled 5 - 1 Santana
Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and
The Cooking Pot saw a crowd turnout of 4525.
Héctor Charles was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Vlad Tudor and
Hannes Regatschnig. Starters:
Serpin -
Trung Quá,
Abdul Majid,
中北 (Nakakita) -
Panigrahi,
Ze Han,
Xin Seng,
Mudaliar,
Parvathaneni -
Mottl,
Velho.
The following players had been chosen:
Pinaud -
Azulay,
Carvalhinha,
Morgado,
Grimault -
Timóteo,
Ulrich,
Villaño,
Carrapiço,
Bota -
Marques.
Grilled Birds fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For Eagles Santana, the formation of choice was 4-5-1. Grilled decided to play creatively at a titanic level.
Delfim Timóteo's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert
Jaime Bota was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Santana. 0 - 1. After 14 minutes,
Vikram Mudaliar made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. Grilled could have put themselves ahead after 22 minutes but
Chan Ze Han missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. 23 minutes in, Grilled's
Vikram Mudaliar received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 33 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita), who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Grilled's
Chan Ze Han had an excellent opportunity after 36 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Santana's
Jaime Bota was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 38 minutes. 40 minutes into the game, Santana seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.
The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Santana had solid organisation.
Eren Serpin would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Krystian Rykowski entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 46 minutes. 46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Bhavya Panigrahi gave
Bilal Mohammad Harun a quick hug as he left the field. As
Bhavya Panigrahi exited the field,
Vikram Mudaliar volunteered to be the new set pieces taker. With 49 minutes gone, Grilled had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However,
José Luiz Velho did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. With the clock showing 50 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Santana resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by
Hanns Ulrich in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high.
José Luiz Velho was in no condition to play on. He left the field limping after 54 minutes, with his right thigh bandaged. This gave
Chirag Thevar a chance to take to the field instead. 63 minutes into the game, Santana had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. Grilled's
Moey Xin Seng increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 69 minutes. The home side's
Moey Xin Seng came close to extending the lead 73 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but
Bruno Pinaud managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Vikram Mudaliar squirmed through their central defence after 75 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 1. 77 minutes into the match, the technically gifted
Chan Ze Han of Grilled scored 5 - 1, having made
Rachamim Azulay look like a complete fool. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 3 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 5 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 73 percent of the ball.
Most important Grilled player was
Moey Xin Seng. However,
Krystian Rykowski made a disastrous appearance. Santana's best player was
Rachamim Azulay.
Francisco Morgado on the other hand, had a terrible day.