Britannia 5 - 0 Grilled
The weather was pretty good at the stadium today for the match. They fielded:
Monteverdi -
Xozan,
Tintelecan,
Fleischer -
Burgon,
Tonekaboni,
Paszkowski,
Valladares,
Frossard -
Caballero,
Bum.
The following players took the field:
Dob -
Webb,
中北 (Nakakita) -
Künzler,
Xin Lee,
Mohammad Harun,
Muthyala,
Romijn -
Mudaliar,
Ze Han,
Parvathaneni.
Britannia Breitensee started the game in a 3-5-2 formation, whereas Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their divine (+4) level with that tactic. After 9 minutes of play,
Pablo Caballero gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 10 minutes into the match Grilled's
Kalki Parvathaneni viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. With 22 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after
Florus Romijn came through the middle, but his shot went wide. Grilled had a chance to level the scores as
Cyril Künzler suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. Grilled's
Florus Romijn had a good first touch on the flank, but was crowded and, after a change of plan, sent the ball to
Bilal Mohammad Harun who somehow managed to curl the ball wide. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Britannia's
Herbert Fleischer increasing the lead to 2 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Britannia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
After a savage shot that could only be parried by the keeper,
Pablo Caballero demonstrated his experience by being in just the right place to slot home the rebound. His goal for Britannia 52 minutes into the match made the score 3 - 0. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Jérôme Frossard squirmed through their central defence after 61 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. After 70 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) off the field.
Bhavya Panigrahi took his place. Britannia's
Jérôme Frossard increased the lead to 5 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 77 minutes. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
Pablo Caballero from Britannia a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 82 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!
Andrei Tintelecan should probably have put his team up another goal after 83 minutes after breaking through the middle, but some great goalkeeping by
Massoud Dob kept the visitors in the game. Britannia's
Pablo Caballero had an excellent opportunity after 86 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 3 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 5 - 0. Britannia had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.
Most important Britannia player was
Bum Bum.
Guillermo Valladares was a disappointment, however. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Chan Ze Han.
Bhavya Panigrahi on the other hand, had a terrible day.