Grilled 0 - 3 Zidane
Weather conditions were fairly good for football at the stadium today. They fielded:
Germanakos -
Panigrahi,
Hutter -
Ferzan,
Thach,
Keng Chuan,
An Keng,
Baena -
Ze Han,
Xin Seng,
Chitre.
Lineup:
Herschi -
Miketa,
Reaver -
Derakhshi,
Bình Ðạt,
Hasić,
Yang,
Brandt -
Passone,
Navarrete,
Balzarotti.
As the teams spread out over the pitch, it became clear that they would both be using a 2-5-3 formation today. Grilled used their world class (13) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the field. The referee showed Grilled's
Enrique Baena the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Grilled had a good opportunity to take the lead as
Egemen Dinçer Ferzan came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of
Josip Herschi. Grilled created a good opportunity to score 22 minutes into the game when
Chad Thach's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, but the visitors' defenders eventually won out. Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up coming through the center. After 24 minutes, Zidane's
Martin Yang made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 53 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.
As the 46 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution.
Moey Xin Seng reluctantly made way for
Kalki Parvathaneni. Grilled's
Chad Thach made a successful breakthrough on the left after 49 minutes and should have tied things up, but instead he sent it over the bar. The visitors'
Anacleto Navarrete took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 52 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Zidane. Grilled's
Bhavya Panigrahi took an excellent free kick and was already celebrating when the keeper just managed to push it off the post and out. 70 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Chia Kwang Tse came on for
Aw Keng Chuan. With 76 minutes gone, Zidane's organization began to suffer due to a lack of experience. The home fans looked somber as they watched their team give up another goal, this one coming from their right as
Heinrich Brandt put one through the keeper's legs. 0 - 3 after 84 minutes. The fourth official announced that there would be 1 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 0 - 3. Let's go to the Twittersphere to see what the fans think of the game so far! says Grilled's top performer was clearly
Chan Ze Han. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by
Bhavya Panigrahi today.
Leonard Passone performed admirably for Zidane. Speaking of stinking up the place,
Angelo Balzarotti sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.