Grilled 1 - 6 Pirates
Weather conditions were pretty good for football today. The following players took the field:
Vadalà -
Panigrahi,
Webb -
Baena,
Mohammad Harun,
Keng Chuan,
Chuan Yong,
Trindade -
Ze Han,
Velho,
Xin Seng.
Lineup:
Rabuñal -
Hráský,
Dadalauri,
Popović -
Leblanc,
Pinatella,
Cavelier,
Laffineur,
Babayan -
Baychinski,
Cărăuşu.
The teams had chosen different formations for the match. The home team, Grilled Birds, went for a 2-5-3, while Malaysian Tigers has decided to play a 3-5-2 lineup. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favor of their utopian (19) ability to attack in the middle. The visitors' central defense should have had no trouble clearing the pass to
José Luiz Velho, but the Grilled player managed to shrug them off and fire a low shot that 5-holed the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0!
Ivo Rabuñal was caught napping as
Bhavya Panigrahi lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. A run up the right wing paid off for Pirates as
Daniel Cărăuşu hit a wicked shot past the keeper to tie the game. 1 - 1 after 30 minutes. The crowd groaned its disapproval when
Bhavya Panigrahi missed a free kick that would have given Grilled the lead after 34 minutes. Pirates took the lead after 36 minutes making the score 1 - 2. The keeper had no chance on
Daniel Cărăuşu's fine volley fromleft of the net after a cross from the right. The referee showed Pirates's
Ignasi Pinatella the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Pirates had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 54 percent possession of the ball.
46 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Prokop Mottl came on for
José Luiz Velho. 64 minutes into the game,
Prokop Mottl came close to leveling the score with a dangerous shot from the center of the area that went just over the bar. Some fine one-twos on the left led to a Pirates goal with 77 minutes gone, making it 1 - 3.
Dimitar Baychinski was noted down as the scorer.
Victor Leblanc increased the visitors' lead by volleying in a pass from the right. 1 - 4. With the clock showing 80 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Aw Keng Chuan looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
Chad Thach, though he would have liked to continue. The home fans looked somber as they watched their team give up another goal, this one coming from their right as
Ignasi Pinatella put one through the keeper's legs. 1 - 5 after 80 minutes. After 82 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defense allowed
Tornike Dadalauri to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 6. The fourth official announced that there would be 3 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. The match ends 1 - 6. 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 Grilled player was
Chan Ze Han. I can't remember
Paulino Trindade ever having a worse night than he just had. The most outstanding Pirates player was without a doubt
Daniel Cărăuşu. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Aleksa Popović seemed to stumble all over the pitch.