Wick 0 - 6 Grilled
The weather was pretty good at the stadium today for the match. The following players took the field:
Zakovics -
Sasongko,
Kaimakis,
Öztürk,
Nosek,
Ekmetsoglou -
Zeyrek,
Zurita,
Sepúlveda,
Rasmussen -
Vereş.
Lineup:
Salmiņš -
Panigrahi,
Webb -
Chuan Yong,
Xin Seng,
ter Berg,
Kamel,
Parvathaneni -
Mudaliar,
Ze Han,
Egan.
Wick Academy F.C. started the game in a 5-4-1 formation, whereas Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3. Using their titanic (15) skill, Wick pushed their attacks towards the wings. Grilled clearly preferred using their divine (+7) (27) ability to attack in the middle today. 12 minutes into the game,
Moey Xin Seng was a hair's width away from giving Grilled the lead with a shot from the left. A timely dive by
Voldemārs Zakovics saved the home team on this occasion. A mistake by the home side's central defense after 29 minutes allowed
Moey Xin Seng to score for Grilled. The visitors have the lead, 0 - 1.
Vikram Mudaliar's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and this time was no different as he broke free of his man to send an on-target through ball to
Teo Chuan Yong who knocked it in for Grilled. 0 - 2! The visitors'
Chan Ze Han took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 35 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Grilled. Given a free kick from an impossible angle, Grilled went for a play that loyal fans may recognize from training. A square ball surprised the defense and let
Moey Xin Seng slip through at goal. He hit it first time, making the score 0 - 4, 37 minutes into the game. Grilled's
Chan Ze Han received a ball slotted perfectly through the home side's central defense after 41 minutes, and chipped it past the helpless keeper to increase the lead to 0 - 5. The away fans won't regret traveling for this one! It was 0 - 5 at the break. Grilled set the tempo, maintaining 72 percent of possession.
Chan Ze Han came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but his attempted chip over
Voldemārs Zakovics just kept rising and landed in the relieved crowd. Wick's
Daniel Zurita was shown a yellow card after 58 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
Kalki Parvathaneni was, after 68 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the center, but the home side's keeper
Voldemārs Zakovics made the save. The referee signaled a penalty 69 minutes into the game following a foul that was right on the line.
Bhavya Panigrahi knocked it home to make the score 0 - 6. 70 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Wick substitution.
Simone Tinti came on for
Emanuel Vereş. With the clock showing 80 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Kalki Parvathaneni looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong), though he would have liked to continue. As the 85 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution.
Kalle ter Berg reluctantly made way for
Chu Xin Lee. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 0 - 6. Well, look at this! Cardi B is on the Enormotron in naught but giant sunglasses, red tassles, and a Holy Hand Grenades of Antioch tank top. I've not seen anything like it before. Most important Wick player was
Feliks Sasongko. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by
Voldemārs Zakovics today. The most outstanding Grilled player was without a doubt
Chan Ze Han. Speaking of stinking up the place,
Teo Chuan Yong sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.