Deir 1 - 3 Grilled
4009 fans braved the pouring rain at
Father Dall'Oglio free!.
Najeeb Ibn-Seif was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Iván Burguete and
Jean-Cyril Henry. The rain was pouring down, it was the kind of weather favoured by strong players who stick to simple football. For players possessing of speed or technical skills, the day really was as grim as for everyone else. The following players took the field:
Ferreira -
Vehovar,
Vandenavenne,
Rouissi,
Mínguez -
Eitel,
Centeno,
Al-Sulaimy -
Cotman,
Molla,
Abadie.
Lineup:
Serpin -
奥谷 (Okuya),
Abdul Majid,
Tarin -
Egan,
Mudaliar,
Xin Seng,
Ze Han,
Davlatov -
Mottl,
Velho.
Deir Mar Musa entered the field in a 4-3-3 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup. Deir clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could, taking advantage of their solid level with that tactic. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their divine level with that tactic. After 3 minutes, a well-worked counterattack by Deir on the right presented an easy opportunity in front of the goal that was duly converted by
Luka Cotman to make it 1 - 0. After 25 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after
洸平 (Kohei) 奥谷 (Okuya) made it through the middle and struck home to make it 1 - 1.
Bernie Egan really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by
Chan Ze Han after a corner. Grilled's
Chan Ze Han scored to make the score 1 - 2 after 33 minutes by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent keeper no other option than to pick the ball out of the net. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as
Moey Xin Seng finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.
After 46 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Islom Davlatov off the field.
Bhavya Panigrahi took his place. 70 minutes into the match,
Chan Ze Han came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Moey Xin Seng was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 76 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.
Bernie Egan was, after 77 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper
Joaquín Ferreira made the save. Deir were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 78 minutes, but
Basil Haroon Al-Sulaimy lofted a free kick over the crossbar. 80 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Mohd Jafni Abdul Majid gave
雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) a quick hug as he left the field.
Odiel Vandenavenne would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Ferdinand Lugarič entered the game for Deir as the match clock showed 82 minutes. 84 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Deir substitution.
Ashot Shahgeldyan came on for
Jacobo Centeno.
Basil Haroon Al-Sulaimy was handed the Deir captain's armband. As the 85 minute mark approached, the Deir coach decided it was time for a substitution.
László Eitel reluctantly made way for
Marino Ciccimarra on the pitch.
Prokop Mottl would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Pompeo Bellamoli entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 88 minutes. The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 2 minutes beyond the regular 90 minutes. The match ends 1 - 3. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.
Deir's best player was
Joaquín Ferreira.
Mouldi Rouissi on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Moey Xin Seng performed admirably for Grilled. On the other hand,
Pompeo Bellamoli's play was disheartening.