LetsGetIt 1 - 6 Grilled
6478 punters turned up at
Champion Cathedral, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Kostas Taralidis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Kel Irons and
Eliezer Bonfeld. Starters:
Da Leng -
Cox,
Sanz,
Chi,
Jie Chi -
Guang Min,
Castan,
Stănică,
Wirth -
Shetty,
Ting Han.
The following players had been chosen:
Dob -
Webb,
中北 (Nakakita) -
Künzler,
Mudaliar,
Ze Han,
Xin Seng,
Davlatov -
Xin Lee,
Egan,
Parvathaneni.
FC LetsGetIt fielded a 4-4-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. The wings were the focus of most of LetsGetIt's attacks on this day, taking advantage of their magnificent level with that tactic. 0 - 1 was the score with 9 minutes played, after
Kalki Parvathaneni cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Grilled.
Bernie Egan of Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 10 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. A penalty was awarded after 30 minutes, and
Cyril Künzler made the most of his chance to put Grilled up by another goal. 0 - 3 for the visitors. The home keeper was stunned 31 minutes into the match when he misjudged the free kick by
Cyril Künzler and dived in the wrong direction. The visitors increased the lead to 0 - 4. After 34 minutes, Grilled's
Cyril Künzler swiftly ran past
Lim Jie Chi and nutmegged the keeper! 0 - 5. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for
Cyril Künzler. With the scoreboard showing that 38 minutes had been played, Grilled nearly put themselves up another goal after
Gilbert Webb came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. 39 into the match, LetsGetIt's
Ramón Sanz fell flat on his chest. After a breather, he was ready to continue. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.
After 46 minutes, Grilled felt secure enough to make a tactical change.
Bernie Egan and
Islom Davlatov assumed each others positions on the field. As the 46 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) reluctantly made way for
Bhavya Panigrahi on the pitch. 54 minutes into the match,
Chu Xin Lee came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 68 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,
Chu Xin Lee was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 6. With 72 minutes played,
Islom Davlatov nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from
Vikram Mudaliar after 86 minutes, and prevented Grilled from going up another goal. LetsGetIt's
Kok Guang Min finished emphatically to make the score 1 -6 after 87 minutes, after the enigmatic
Lam Da Leng pulled a delightful long pass from his box of tricks to bypass the defence. Grilled's
Bernie Egan made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 87 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line.
Sundar Shetty was unable to continue, following a slight injury to his right knee after 88 minutes. It was a critical moment for the team, as there were no substitutes on the bench for the injured player. As
Sundar Shetty left the field, the coach signaled to
Heng Ting Han to be the new set pieces taker. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
Hoàng Trung Quá came on for
Gilbert Webb. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 4 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 1 - 6. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 78 percent of possession.
LetsGetIt's top performer was clearly
Heng Ting Han.
Cătălin Stănică turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Kalki Parvathaneni.
Hoàng Trung Quá on the other hand, had a terrible day.