Grilled 6 - 2 Corinthians
The fans at the stadium today were roasting in the hot sun. It was a sunny day and the technical players could roll the ball around with ease. Those that had to chase after the ball found the weather less appealing, it especially stymied the game of Powerful and Quick players. Lineup:
Germanakos -
Teck Fu,
Hutter -
Ferzan,
Thach,
Keng Chuan,
An Keng,
Khairul -
Chitre,
Ze Han,
Reece.
The following players took the field:
Sommer -
Alaba,
Cancelo,
Barzagli -
Zuber,
Shaqiri,
Rincón,
Bokšić,
Zakaria -
Gavranovic,
Del Piero.
Grilled Birds trundled out to the pitch in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, Corinthians Cearense, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup. It was an obvious ambition of Grilled to play a wide game with their titanic (15) ability to attack down the wings. Grilled took the lead 9 minutes in, after
Chad Thach's awkward, but ultimately successful, shot from the right. 1 - 0.
Chan Ze Han gave Grilled supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0 after 17 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. Desperate for a goal, Corinthians's
Tomás Rincón saw that the home team's keeper was off his line. Coming in from the right side, his chip successfully reduced the lead to 2 - 1. Grilled's
Gandhik Chitre was delighted to score as he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing keeper and into the net, following some good attacking movement on the right wing. 3 - 1 after 26 minutes. The home team's lead was reduced to 3 - 2 after Corinthians's
Denis Zakaria took advantage of a misunderstanding in the center of the defense. Grilled put themselves up 4 - 2 when
Chan Ze Han broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive delegation behind him. Halftime score was 4 - 2. Well, look at this! Cardi B is on the Enormotron in naught but giant sunglasses and a Never2L8 tank top. I've not seen anything like it before. 58 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty that
Chan Ze Han converted into a bigger lead without so much as a how-do-you-do to the visiting keeper. It's 5 - 2 now! That was his third goal of the match - a hattrick for
Chan Ze Han! That's the name of the game! With 61 minutes played, Grilled's
Aw Keng Chuan received a yellow card for challenging a play with his cleats first. As the 80 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution.
Chan Ze Han reluctantly made way for
Kalki Parvathaneni. As
Chan Ze Han left the field, the coach signaled to
Kalki Parvathaneni to be the new set pieces taker.
Kalki Parvathaneni was handed the Grilled captain's armband. 85 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Mohsen El Khateeb came on for
Damian Hutter. With the clock showing 89 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Hwang Teck Fu looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
Gilbert Webb, though he would have liked to continue. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time. Against a lesser team, Grilled could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick combination after 89 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. Players in Grilled heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead.
Aw Keng Chuan increased Grilled's lead to 6 - 2, connecting with a hooked ball from the right. The away fans are claiming handball, to no avail. The match ends 6 - 2. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop! Grilled's best player was
Lim An Keng. I can't remember
Mohsen El Khateeb ever having a worse night than he just had.
Alessandro 'Alex' Del Piero performed admirably for Corinthians. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
João Cancelo seemed to stumble all over the pitch.