Grilled 2 - 3 anagennisi
Fairly good weather for football at the stadium today. They fielded:
Germanakos -
Mohammad Harun,
Hutter -
Ferzan,
Kwang Tse,
Thach,
An Keng,
Khairul -
Chitre,
Ze Han,
Reece.
Starters:
Davidsson -
Campbell,
Grandi Tognacci,
Rosłoński -
Aminossadati,
Mehdawi,
Carneiro Oliveira,
Zervoulakos,
Torres -
Chlupík,
Pecorini.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 2-5-3 formation while the visitors instead opted for a 3-5-2. anagennisi took the lead after 3 minutes making the score 0 - 1. The keeper had no chance on
Milan Chlupík's fine volley fromleft of the net after a cross from the right. Grilled tried to even things up by sending a long ball through the middle, but the visitors' defense easily read the pass. Grilled evened the match out with 16 minutes played after a world-class penalty shot by
Chan Ze Han. This brought the scoreline to 1 - 1. Some lightning fast dribbles by
Gandhik Chitre left
Anass Mehdawi way behind after 17 minutes, but the shot was just wide. With 33 minutes played
Gandhik Chitre almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams as far as possession.
After 46 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving
Bilal Mohammad Harun off.
Bhavya Panigrahi took his place. With 56 minutes played,
Chan Ze Han came in from the right with the intention of giving Grilled the lead, but his rocket of a shot could only rattle the crossbar. With the clock showing 70 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Damian Hutter 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. anagennisi had a good opportunity to score the go-ahead goal after a combination on the right but the home team's keeper
Dimitris Germanakos saved
Sohrab Aminossadati's shot that was headed straight to the top corner. 80 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Kalki Parvathaneni came on for
Gandhik Chitre.
Sohrab Aminossadati's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and this time was no different as he broke free of his man to send an on-target through ball to
Francisco Torres who knocked it in for anagennisi. 1 - 2! Some hard work on the right gave Grilled a wonderful opportunity to level the score after 85 minutes, and
Chad Thach stepped up to the challenge, netting the 2 - 2 goal. 86 minutes into the game,
Diogo Carneiro Oliveira had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The fourth official announced that there would be 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. With 90 minutes gone, anagennisi's organization began to suffer due to a lack of experience. 90 minutes into the match, anagennisi's
Sohrab Aminossadati demonstrated his running prowess as he raced past his defender and passed the ball to
Francisco Torres who chipped it in for 2 - 3. The match ends 2 - 3. The battle in midfield was tight, with possession split evenly between the teams.
Grilled's best player was
Chan Ze Han. Good thing
Gilbert Webb isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance. anagennisi's top performer was clearly
Milan Chlupík. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Diogo Carneiro Oliveira seemed to stumble all over the pitch.