Grilled 3 - 2 Galácticos
Fairly good weather for football at the stadium today. They fielded:
Dob -
Webb,
中北 (Nakakita) -
Künzler,
Xin Seng,
Mohammad Harun,
Muthyala,
Davlatov -
Egan,
Mudaliar,
Xin Lee.
The following players took the field:
Bonev -
Schokkaert,
Ağış -
Nazário,
Lourenço,
Walch,
Moltrup,
Phúc Vị -
Salvadore,
Naylor,
Furcy.
The teams both lined up their players in 2-5-3 formations. 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. Galácticos seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their divine (+8) level with that tactic. With the match clock at 1 minutes, Galácticos modified their style of play a little bit. Grilled took the lead after 5 minutes as a result of
Cyril Künzler's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Grilled's
Neeraj Muthyala swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Grilled's
Cyril Künzler made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 28 minutes into the match.
Cyril Künzler's curling free kick almost found the goal for Grilled, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Grilled had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.
After 53 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Cyril Künzler might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However,
Stefan Bonev made a spectacular save. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Gilbert Webb squirmed through their central defence after 59 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 60 minutes in, Galácticos's
Olivier Schokkaert received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 61 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as
Ronaldo 'Fenômeno' Nazário anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 2 - 1.
Natale Salvadore 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 62 minutes into the match. After 70 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Islom Davlatov off the field.
Heng Dong Chu took his place. 80 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Galácticos substitution.
Alaor Tabajara came on for
Simon Walch.
Chu Xin Lee would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
José Luiz Velho entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 89 minutes. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. 90 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Grilled was
Moey Xin Seng. The match ends 3 - 2. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
Bilal Mohammad Harun.
José Luiz Velho on the other hand, had a terrible day. Galácticos's best player was
Denis Furcy.
Nguyễn Phúc Vị turned in a dismal performance, however.