Hotspur 2 - 1 Grilled
The fans at the stadium today were roasting in the hot sun. It was a very hot day and some players suffered from this, especially those relying on tough physical play or a lot of fast runs. For the technical ones, on the other hand, this was ideal conditions. Starters:
El Dahshan -
Shortall,
Teljeur,
Shelby -
Cooper,
Stewart,
Fitzmichael,
Gilmurray,
Galway -
Bray,
Almond.
The following players had been selected:
Germanakos -
Teck Fu,
Hutter -
Ferzan,
Thach,
Keng Chuan,
An Keng,
Parada -
Chitre,
Ze Han,
Reece.
Jasiu Hotspur fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was a 2-5-3. Today, Grilled's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks, taking advantage of their titanic (15) ability.
Jordan Cooper's name was chanted throughout the stadium after his goal in minute 26 following a run up the middle gave Hotspur the 1 - 0 lead.
Hwang Teck Fu tied the game at 1 - 1 after 35 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. Making his way up the middle after 43 minutes,
Dwayne Gilmurray almost managed to sneak a goal past the visitors' keeper, but
Dimitris Germanakos was ready and blocked it to keep the score level. Grilled were determined to attack down the sideline and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favor of the wings. 44 minutes into the game,
Gandhik Chitre was a hair's width away from giving Grilled the lead with a shot from the left. A timely dive by
Jihad El Dahshan saved the home team on this occasion. After 44 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Hotspur found themselves out of position and their organization level dropped to weak (4). 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop! Hotspur's coach had to raise his voice a little, but he also managed to raise his players' organization to passable (6) after reviewing his strategy. 60 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Federico Parada gave
Paulino Trindade a quick hug as he left the field. Hotspur had a chance to take the lead after
Logan Almond's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled away as his shot went just over the bar with 77 minutes played. 79 minutes into the game, Hotspur had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to inadequate (5). 80 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Kalki Parvathaneni came on for
Chan Ze Han. With
Chan Ze Han no longer on the field,
Kalki Parvathaneni stepped up to be the new set pieces taker. The Grilled captaincy was handed to
Kalki Parvathaneni. The visitors' central defense should have had no trouble clearing the pass to
Elliot Stewart, but the Hotspur player managed to shrug them off and fire a low shot that 5-holed the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! After 85 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving
Damian Hutter off.
Mohsen El Khateeb took his place. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Hotspur's
Jordan Cooper got himself booked. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 1 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 2 - 1. Well, look at this! Cardi B is on the Enormotron in naught but giant sunglasses and a Take Me To Your Lizard tank top. I've not seen anything like it before. Hotspur's best player was
Dwayne Gilmurray. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Kenneth Shortall seemed to stumble all over the pitch. The most outstanding Grilled player was without a doubt
Aw Keng Chuan. Good thing
Mohsen El Khateeb isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance.