Football 3 - 1 Grilled
The 72957 spectators at
Blue Planetarium were in for an afternoon of sunshine.
Thomas Martel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Tomi Mänty and
Gassan Keblawi. For some players the sunny weather was bad news. It made Powerful and Quick players a bit sluggish. For Technical players, it was instead an advantage, allowing them to shine on the pitch. People from all over Jurong had joined up for the derby. Football fielded:
Koenigsegg -
Brettoni,
Licciardello,
Dravenieks,
Jakobsen,
Fiks -
Savorgnani,
Vrubelevsky,
Askenstedt,
Clijsen,
Linskens -.
The following players took the field for Grilled:
Salmiņš -
Carapaica,
Jeftić -
Xin Lee,
Mohammad Harun,
ter Berg,
Chuan Yong,
Dong Chu -
Ze Han,
Mudaliar,
Egan.
Robbie Football Club entered the field in a 5-5-0 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup. Football focused on getting players in position for long range shots, taking advantage of their divine (20) level with that tactic. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their divine (+6) (26) level with that tactic. Football succeeded with their tactics after 2 minutes faking a cross into the penalty area, but instead passing a short side pass back to
Jonas Vrubelevsky who met the ball directly with his outstretched foot. The hard long shot touched the keeper's finger tips, but it wasn't enough to stop it from going in. 1 - 0.
Davide Luigi Savorgnani sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from
Pier Giuseppe Licciardello after 19 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 0. Given a free kick close to the byline, Grilled tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let
Chan Ze Han slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 2 - 1, 21 minutes into the game. 31 minutes in, Football's
Davide Luigi Savorgnani received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Instead of playing a 50/50 ball into the penalty area, Football's
Bonifacy Fiks skipped past the marking defender and passed the ball to
Davide Luigi Savorgnani who finished it off from distance. The keeper could only stand and watch as the hard shot hit the underside of the cross bar, and in to make it 3 - 1 with 33 minutes played. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.
It was obvious that team Grilled had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After 60 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Chu Xin Lee off the field.
吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) took his place. 75 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Bilal Mohammad Harun gave
Moey Xin Seng a quick hug as he left the field.
Mateja Jeftić would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Gilbert Webb entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 85 minutes. With
Mateja Jeftić no longer on the pitch,
Kalle ter Berg became the new set pieces taker. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 1 minute as stoppage time. The match ends 3 - 1. Grilled had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.
Football's top performer was clearly
Tomas Askenstedt. However,
Davide Luigi Savorgnani made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's best player was
Chan Ze Han.
Gilbert Webb on the other hand, had a terrible day.