Grilled 2 - 4 Arsenal_Cz-wa
Clouds darkened the skies at the stadium today. They fielded:
Salmiņš -
Panigrahi,
Carapaica -
Kannan,
Parvathaneni,
Xin Seng,
Xin Lee,
Kamel -
Ze Han,
Mudaliar,
Mazhud.
Lineup:
Matias -
Żyta,
Schorr -
福岚 (Fulan),
Maszkowski,
Płaszczymąka,
Bodzioch,
Penttala -
Zhadov,
Parzy,
Konopka.
A 2-5-3 was the choice of the day for both coaches. Grilled clearly preferred using their divine (+6) (26) ability to attack in the middle today. The bleachers were silenced after 37 minutes when Arsenal_Cz-wa's
Vladimir Zhadov put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. The visitors'
Daniel Parzy took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 38 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Arsenal_Cz-wa. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Grilled, and they were successfully passing the ball from the wing into the middle at the behest of their coach. The home crowd was briefly mollified when
Chan Ze Han reduced the lead to 1 - 2 after a brilliant midfield give-and-go through the middle. The crowd roared in delight as
Bhavya Panigrahi finished off a spectacular series of plays up the middle to even the score for Grilled after 41 minutes. 2 - 2. It was 2 - 2 at the break. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams as far as possession.
Arsenal_Cz-wa's
Józef Płaszczymąka managed to lose the defenders as he burst through the right side and scored, putting the visitors ahead, 2 - 3. The swift technical skills of
Chan Ze Han were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow
Terencjusz Żyta who was humiliated after 51 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide. With 54 minutes played,
Józef Płaszczymąka nearly put the visitors up by one more as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot whizzed just over the bar.
Jānis Salmiņš got a fingertip on
Jesse Penttala's shot from the left 65 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal.
Kalki Parvathaneni charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equalizer for Grilled, but the shot went well wide of the goal.
钱 (Qian) 福岚 (Fulan) increased the visitors' lead by volleying in a pass from the right. 2 - 4. After 75 minutes, Arsenal_Cz-wa began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition. After 80 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving
Chu Xin Lee off.
Teo Chuan Yong took his place. As the 80 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution.
Douglas Carapaica reluctantly made way for
Gilbert Webb. It was announced by the fourth official that he estimated stoppage time to be around 2 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match! The match ends 2 - 4. Possession of the ball was split evenly between the teams during the forty-five minutes.
Most important Grilled player was
Chan Ze Han. Good thing
Bhavya Panigrahi isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance. Arsenal_Cz-wa's best player was
钱 (Qian) 福岚 (Fulan). Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by
Daniel Parzy today.