UNITED 1 - 5 Grilled
Clear skies welcomed the spectators who had made their way to the stadium today. They fielded:
Touro -
Artun,
Cordeiro,
Dassiè -
Melchiorri,
Pearman,
Studnicki-Gisbert,
Arslan,
Worley -
De Lille,
Welkner.
The following players had been selected:
Salmiņš -
Carapaica,
Webb -
Kamel,
Chuan Yong,
Xin Lee,
Mohammad Harun,
Dong Chu -
Ze Han,
Egan,
Xin Seng.
KC UNITED started the game in a 3-5-2 formation, whereas Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3. UNITED mostly ignored the flanks in favor of their supernatural (14) ability to attack in the middle. Grilled used their divine (+6) (26) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the field. Oh dear - the keeper's made a mess of that one. The crowd was very disappointed after he let
Moey Xin Seng get the go-ahead goal with a speculative shot from the right after 3 minutes. 0 - 1. After 20 minutes,
Fritz Welkner rushed down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the 1 - 1 goal. It was a fine day for
Salah Kamel down the touchline, and his cross to
Bilal Mohammad Harun 30 minutes in was executed especially well, but the keeper saved the ensuing shot. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 59 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.
After 46 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving
Bernie Egan off.
Vikram Mudaliar took his place. As the 46 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution.
Salah Kamel reluctantly made way for
Kalki Parvathaneni. Grilled's
Vikram Mudaliar rushed past his defender and should have scored, but the finish was just wide, taking some paint off the post as it went out. The visiting
Moey Xin Seng was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 58 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score. After 67 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Bilal Mohammad Harun who increased Grilled's lead to 1 - 3. With 72 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Douglas Carapaica. A thrilling play through the middle after 76 minutes gave Grilled's
Douglas Carapaica a chance to increase the lead, and he happily obliged. The score was then 1 - 5. 80 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Gilbert Webb gave
Bhavya Panigrahi a quick hug as he left the field. As
Gilbert Webb left the field, the coach signaled to
Bhavya Panigrahi to start taking the set pieces that occurred. The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 2 beyond the regular 90 minutes. UNITED had a brilliant opportunity to reply as
Ruud De Lille received a high ball from the right and hit it on the bounce.
Jānis Salmiņš's reflexes induced groans from the home crowd, though. The match ends 1 - 5. 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. UNITED's top performer was clearly
Titus Pearman. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by
Matthew Worley today. Most important Grilled player was
Chan Ze Han. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Kalki Parvathaneni seemed to stumble all over the pitch.