Cocos Island Allstars 7 - 0 Grilled Birds
Tournament (Group Phase), Season 8106 May 2022 19:05 HTT
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SCORING SUMMARY
Cocos Island Allstars
Grilled Birds
Aimo Fois (2)
Seung-Jo Park (18)
Adrian Knehr (21)
Bjarnfreður Hafþórsson (60)
Bjarnfreður Hafþórsson (70)
Aimo Fois (73)
Dariusz Figler (74)

CIA Infiltration
Fois In And Out

Another Friday, another letdown in the World Battle tourney for the Birds, as they were mercilessly crushed 0-7 by Guam II.4 side Cocos Island Allstars. What perhaps made it worse was that the CIA were hardly doing well either, having garnered just two points in four league matches, while also out of all domestic cup competition. They were made to look like world-beaters today, however, as the scoreline accurately reflected the chasm in ability on the pitch.
German head coach Martin Trippel had assembled a quite competent squad of experienced professionals, it had to be said, as they fielded a team composed almost entirely of players in their prime; twenty year-old Russian custodian Fedor Murga would be the only one not hovering about thirty years of age. This might also be one of Icelandic striker Bjarnfreður Hafþórsson's final games for the CIA, with his agent reportedly seeking a transfer in the region of S$4 million, after his contract ran down.

Grilled would again line up with a spine of players in their best positions - Moey and Chan up top, Teo and Bilal in the middle, and Webb and Panigrahi defending - but it would turn out to be far from sufficient. Chan in particular would become the responsibility of former Argentine youth international defender Ohad Balul, who other than a sixth minute yellow for chopping Chan down, executed his man-marking role near flawlessly. By then, the CIA were already ahead, with Italian right winger Aimo Fois coming around up his flank, to smash a low drive home.

The Birds' best chance would probably be Bhavya Panigrahi's near-miss from a free-kick curler in the 13th minute, which would be bested by Seung-Jo Park some minutes later, as the Guam native embarassed Manuel Vadalà with a skipping effort from all of thirty yards. Brazilian Adrian Knehr came up the other wing for 3-0 in the 21st, and it might have been more are both Knehr and Fois came up with close shaves about the 32nd minute, within seconds of each other.

Prokop Mottl came on for José Luiz Velho for the second half, but had no greater impact, as the CIA's 4-5-1 left little space for Grilled's attackers to exploit, whenever they did have the ball. Aw Keng Chuan, who had just turned 21, would have his moments against the opponents' far more experienced playmakers, but there would be no stopping Hafþórsson in this period. The Number Seven would nick it home at the far post on the hour before rising high to head a cross in off Vadalà's glove in the 70th minute, right on time to go off for Florian Lilgenau. Gertjan Pos would also be off in this double substitution, to be replaced by Dariusz Figler.

Grilled saw this as an opportunity to try and salvage some pride, but were instead picked off on the break by Fois, with Stojić making a long run from wingback. Dariusz Figler then got the last goal as the CIA switched their angle of attack, with Lilgenau working hard but ultimately earning nothing more than a booking, as the Birds' back two communicated well towards the end.







      
     
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2016-08-01 00:37:41
anonymous: Thanks for the special mention :) I would just like to expre...
2015-08-17 18:50:02
anonymous: excellent read as always!- Yjorn
2015-06-13 03:08:41
anonymous: Rasha say
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2014-12-14 16:56:39
gilbertlim: well, it seemed like that.
2014-12-12 18:26:33
anonymous: I didn't play a 4-5-2
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