V.F.C. 0 - 5 Grilled
The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 4370 had shown up at
New V.F.C. Arena for the match.
Grégory Mercier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Laurent Pithon and
Indrek Tuulits. V.F.C.'s starters:
Monagas -
Fernández,
Henrique,
Peleteiro,
Francheschi,
Beltrán -
Varletta,
Navarro,
Patruno,
Comte -
Giordano.
The following players had been chosen by Grilled:
Vadalà -
Abdul Majid,
Tarin -
Mottl,
Webb,
Kamel,
Panigrahi,
Jaška -
Xin Lee,
Velho,
Xin Seng.
New V.F.C. fielded a 5-4-1 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. Grilled's
José Luiz Velho managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 15 minutes. 0 - 1. With 16 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Moey Xin Seng. The home crowd cheered when, after 18 minutes,
Gilbert Webb's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day.
Alirio Patruno of V.F.C. received a yellow card after 20 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 28 minutes, Grilled's
Moey Xin Seng burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3.
Moey Xin Seng received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 33 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. This third goal completed a hattrick for
Moey Xin Seng.
Prokop Mottl of Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 36 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5. Halftime score was 0 - 5. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 72 percent of possession.
With 68 minutes played,
José Luiz Velho 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. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 70 minutes, Grilled tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. 71 minutes into the game, Grilled worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time. Grilled's
Prokop Mottl made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 89 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. The match ends 0 - 5. Grilled had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.
V.F.C.'s best player was
Valerio Giordano.
Benito Fernández was a disappointment, however. Most important Grilled player was
Chu Xin Lee.
Jérémy Tarin turned in a dismal performance, however.