yxskaft 1 - 4 Grilled
We had overcast weather free of rain at the stadium today. Lineup:
Ennen -
Kanstrup,
Volkers,
Ene -
Buskermolen,
Hakkio,
Lajkó,
Burgar,
El Hefny -
Crabb,
Rislund.
The following players had been selected:
Germanakos -
Keng Chuan,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
Kwang Tse,
Khairul,
Trindade -
Reece,
Thoroddsen,
Tokarz.
yxskaft fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was a 2-5-3. Grilled's
Paulino Trindade managed to lose the defenders as he burst through the right side and scored, putting the visitors ahead, 0 - 1.
Edmund Ennen got a fingertip on
Joe Reece's shot from the left 12 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 13 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defense allowed
Joe Reece to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. yxskaft's
Samuel Rislund was shown a yellow card after 14 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
Ábel Lajkó charged down the left and looked sure to score for yxskaft 19 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. After more pushing and shoving than a pack of helicopter moms trying to get the last appointment for their snowflakes to see the Easter Bunny, Grilled's
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy finally got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Let's go to the Twittersphere to see what the fans think of the game so far! says The visitors'
Chia Kwang Tse took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 56 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Grilled.
Joe Reece came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but his attempted chip over
Edmund Ennen just kept rising and landed in the relieved crowd. Grilled already had the lead, so
Chia Kwang Tse probably won't be too disappointed that his speculative shot from the right 66 minutes in fell wide of the goal. Maybe
Jay Buskermolen should join the aquatics team instead. He went down dramatically after 67 minutes, crying out with agony as he fell. The referee was not impressed, though, and showed him a yellow for diving. 70 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Orest Tokarz gave
Evandro La Face a quick hug as he left the field. Grilled came close to extending their lead as
夏 (Ha) 其材 (Qicai) delivered a low effort on goal from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot was destined for the side netting. With 71 minutes played,
Mikael Hakkio knocked one home from a counter-attack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 3. With the clock showing 85 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Gústav Thoroddsen looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
Phua Ming Xin, though he would have liked to continue. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 1 minutes of added time, they welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. 90 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty and
Aw Keng Chuan was able to increase the visitors' lead to 1 - 4, rolling the ball in off the right post. The match ends 1 - 4. Well, look at this! Cardi B is on the Enormotron in naught but giant sunglasses and a Twisted Metal F.C. tank top. I've not seen anything like it before.
Branden Crabb performed admirably for yxskaft. I can't remember
Ábel Lajkó ever having a worse night than he just had. Most important Grilled player was
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Dimitris Germanakos seemed to stumble all over the pitch.