Airways 1 - 5 Grilled
56 spectators arrived at Zayed Sports City stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Andrea Caracciolo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Bo Steffensen and
Zakir Rzayev. Airways started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: From - Õigus, Karlsson, Schlunegger - Hendriks, Falkin, Imieliński, Ibn-Haroun, Moldovan - Mora, Kaul-Seidman.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Seng-Huat, Siu-Cheung, Pakpao - Fernández Riviera, Siu-Yue, Paullin, Rottman, Kolesov - Stern, Chiew-Yen.
Grilled took the lead 11 minutes into the game, scoring the 0 - 1 goal after some elegant plays down the middle.
Jon Andrea Rottman was the scorer. After 12 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Chen Chiew-Yen who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2. After 21 minutes,
Damien Kaul-Seidman had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Airways with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. After 39 minutes
Joe Stern made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to
Chen Chiew-Yen who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 0 - 3. The game had been on for 40 minutes when
Au-Yong Siu-Yue broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.
Chen Chiew-Yen 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 he lifted the ball over
Uffe From and it was a little too high and hit the bar. A marvellous Airways effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 58 minutes by
Saleem Ibraheem Ibn-Haroun, making the score 1 - 4. Grilled's
Weng Seng-Huat got himself booked for a foul.
Saleem Ibraheem Ibn-Haroun almost put the reducer away having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. The game had been on for 70 minutes when
Chen Chiew-Yen broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 1 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. This third goal made a hat trick for
Chen Chiew-Yen. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half.
Honggi Schlunegger of Airways received a yellow card after 71 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Jon Andrea Rottman was, after 80 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but home side's keeper
Uffe From made the save. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 55 percent of possession.
The most dominating Airways player was without a doubt
Kristoffer Falkin.
Wojciech Imieliński on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was
Au-Yong Siu-Yue.
Kau Siu-Cheung was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 5.