Eintracht 2 - 5 Grilled
The weather was pretty good at the stadium today for the match. Starters:
Welman -
de Oliveira,
Miranda,
Viana -
Rodrigues,
Morales,
Conan,
Kokić,
Guiza -
David.
They fielded:
Salmiņš -
Panigrahi,
Lunde -
Kannan,
Xin Lee,
Xin Seng,
Mohammad Harun,
Kamel -
Ze Han,
Mazhud,
Parvathaneni.
Eintracht Vilankulo fielded a 3-5-1 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was a 2-5-3. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favor of their divine (+5) (25) ability to attack in the middle. Grilled's
Salah Kamel was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposing area -
Bilal Mohammad Harun managed to kick one of them into the net for 0 - 1 after 3 minutes. A thrilling play through the middle after 20 minutes gave Grilled's
Bhavya Panigrahi a chance to increase the lead, and he happily obliged. The score was then 0 - 2. After 28 minutes, Grilled's
Chu Xin Lee burst through the central defense and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. 31 minutes into the game, Eintracht seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable (6).
Kalki Parvathaneni 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
Dicky Welman just kept rising and landed in the relieved crowd. Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up coming through the center. After 36 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 4. The home crowd found their second wind when
Merlin David scored with a header after an industrious attack from the right, making the score 1 to 4. It was 1 - 4 at the break. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 56 percent possession of the ball.
During the break, Eintracht's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid (7) organization. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle instead.
Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud was, after 64 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
Dicky Welman made the save. After 69 minutes, the Eintracht coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving
Merlin David off.
Diego González Pondal took his place. With the clock showing 75 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Shekar Kannan looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
Heng Dong Chu, though he would have liked to continue. 75 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Bhavya Panigrahi gave
Gilbert Webb a quick hug as he left the field. As
Bhavya Panigrahi left the field, the coach signaled to
Gilbert Webb to start taking the set pieces that occurred. As the 76 minute mark approached, the Eintracht manager decided it was time for a substitution.
Carlos Guiza reluctantly made way for
Marcus Klavsen. 82 minutes into the match, Eintracht's
Rubén Darío Morales chased down a ball sent down the right and put it into the back of the net, narrowing the score to 2 - 4. 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. 85 minutes into the match,
Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. 85 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
José Luiz Velho came on for
Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud. Grilled's
Kalki Parvathaneni was shown a yellow card after 86 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
After 87 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Eintracht found themselves out of position and their organization level dropped to inadequate (5). The visitors'
Heng Dong Chu took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 87 minutes into the match. 2 - 5 for Grilled. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time, they welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 2 - 5. Well, look at this! Cardi B is on the Enormotron in naught but giant sunglasses, red tassles, and a Disgustin tank top. I've not seen anything like it before. Most important Eintracht player was
Rubén Darío Morales. I can't remember
Marcus Klavsen ever having a worse night than he just had. The most outstanding Grilled player was without a doubt
Chan Ze Han. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Gilbert Webb seemed to stumble all over the pitch.