alao 6 - 1 Grilled
The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 6167 had shown up at
estadio do alao for the match.
Amadeusz Fikus was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Miled Chbeir and
Sammy Droessaert. alao's starters:
Alado -
Franek,
Córdoba,
Pereira Rego,
Herédia -
Carreira,
Cheberyachko,
Pereira Amaral,
da Silva,
Hermsen -
Filipović.
Grilled's lineup was:
Law -
Keng Chuan,
Mohammad Harun,
Tran -
Trindade,
An Keng,
Chu Soon,
Khairul,
Baena -
Velho,
Mottl.
alao fielded a 4-5-1 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 3-5-2. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their supernatural (14) level with that tactic. alao created a good opportunity to score 2 minutes into the match when
Daymon Hermsen's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Grilled's
Aw Keng Chuan got himself booked for a foul.
Serhii Cheberyachko twisted his arm after 11 minutes, forcing alao to make a substitution. The player that took his place was
Gigi Impellizzeri. 22 minutes into the game, Grilled's
Dante Tran surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to
José Luiz Velho who easily found the back of the net, making the score 0 - 1. The crowd chanted their encouragement as alao's
Andrija Filipović came in from the right after 23 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. alao had a good opportunity to take the lead as
Henrique Herédia came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of
Cameron Law. 29 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for alao was
Gabriel Pereira Rego.
Andrija Filipović could have put alao up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 34 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 1. alao claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.
46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Lim An Keng gave
Chia Kwang Tse a quick hug as he left the field. alao's
Carlos Pereira Amaral increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 56 minutes. With 61 minutes played, alao put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
Gabriel Pereira Rego, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 65 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
Gilbert Webb came on for
Dante Tran. After 65 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
José Luiz Velho off the field.
Teo Chuan Yong took his place. Encouraged by their lead, after 75 minutes the alao coach asked
Miguel Ángel Córdoba to change positions with
Aramis Carreira. After 75 minutes, alao felt secure enough to make a tactical change.
Daymon Hermsen and
Marcel Franek assumed each others positions on the field. Still ahead in the game after 75 minutes, alao made some tactical adjustments.
Carlos Pereira Amaral and
Andrija Filipović swapped positions.
Gabriel Pereira Rego would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Domingos Bandarra entered the game for alao as the match clock showed 75 minutes. As
Gabriel Pereira Rego left the field, the coach signaled to
Domingos Bandarra to be the new set pieces taker. alao's
Domingos Bandarra struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 5 - 1 after 75 minutes. A well-executed free kick by
Domingos Bandarra after 79 minutes made it 6 - 1 for alao. The home side's
Marcel Franek came close to extending the lead 80 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but
Cameron Law managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. The referee showed alao's
Domingos Bandarra the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 4 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 6 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to alao, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.
alao's best player was
Domingos Bandarra.
Jerónimo Alado was a disappointment, however. Most important Grilled player was
Prokop Mottl.
Paulino Trindade on the other hand, had a terrible day.