KP13 3 - 3 Grilled
Clouds darkened the skies at the stadium today. The following players took the field:
Hermi� -
Salonen,
Vuorenp��,
Ojaniemi -
P�yht�ri,
Salmelainen,
Koivurinne,
Lapatto -
Kerkk�,
Kuoppala,
Piril�.
The following players had been selected:
Germanakos -
Keng Chuan,
Hutter -
Ferzan,
Thach,
Kwang Tse,
An Keng,
Parada -
Chitre,
Ze Han,
Reece.
Keravan aktiivinen pallo 2013 trundled out to the pitch in a 3-4-3 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup. KP13 mostly ignored the flanks in favor of their supernatural (14) ability to attack in the middle. Grilled saw most attack opportunities on the wings by using their titanic (15) ability to push the attack in the right direction. A mistake by the home side's central defense after 2 minutes allowed
Aw Keng Chuan to score for Grilled. The visitors have the lead, 0 - 1. After 8 minutes,
Iikka Kuoppala rushed down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the 1 - 1 goal. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when
Egemen Din�er Ferzan slipped through the left defense to come up alone against
Mikael Hermi�, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning-fast reflexes. Grilled were determined to attack down the sideline and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favor of the wings. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 23 minutes into the match, and
Joe Reece wasn't about to waste it. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal in minute 39.
Chan Ze Han was overheard by some in the stands blaming either Grebulon or sunspots, depending on their individual loyalties. It was 1 - 2 at the break. 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. As the 46 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution.
Chad Thach reluctantly made way for
Mohd Marzuki Khairul. The crowd was on its feet at the 52 minute mark, as KP13's
Aki Kerkk� found himself all alone in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 2 - 2 equalizer. 56 minutes into the game,
Lim An Keng almost gave the visitors the lead, as he chipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. With the clock showing 60 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Gandhik Chitre looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
Orest Tokarz, though he would have liked to continue. Grilled had a good opportunity to score the go-ahead goal after a combination on the right but the home team's keeper
Mikael Hermi� saved
Orest Tokarz's shot that was headed straight to the top corner. After 83 minutes, KP13 began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition. The bleachers were silenced after 84 minutes when Grilled's
Mohd Marzuki Khairul put the guests ahead 2 - 3, following an attack on the right. After 85 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving
Joe Reece off.
Ibnou Balde took his place. After 86 minutes of play,
Iikka Kuoppala evened things up for KP13 with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 3 - 3. 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. The match ends 3 - 3. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop!
Juho Vuorenp�� performed admirably for KP13. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by
Paavali Lapatto today. The most outstanding Grilled player was without a doubt
Chan Ze Han. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Damian Hutter seemed to stumble all over the pitch.