The 48751 fans in attendance at Ballota Stadium were roasting in the hot sun. Aigar Ülenõmm was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tomas Kiffer and Clarence Herron.Divers decided to use a 4-5-1 set up.They fielded: Mohd Hassan - 小林 (Kobayashi), Viapiana, Chao Puay, Nilsson - Freimann, Ouyang, Mair, Mohd Khairul Nazar, Corghi - Mungiu.
A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled.Starters: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Filippone - Ping Shun, Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Meyer, Aik Jia - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Divers.M. bin Mohd Kassim had a good opportunity to give Grilled the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save.Divers mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 19 minutes, but M. Corghi was unable to convert from short range.Divers broke through on the left 24 minutes into the game, with J. Ouyang firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead.The visitors refused to give in and, after 28 minutes, C. Meyer evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 129 minutes in, Grilled's C. Meyer received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.G. Filippone neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to M. bin Mohd Kassim who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post.Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 34 minutes into the match left Grilled's 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors.After 38 minutes of game time, C. Meyer had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but M. Mohd Hassan was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner.With the clock showing 39 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Divers resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by J. Ouyang in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high.The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) from Grilled a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 41 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!Always quick on his feet, Grilled's L. Aik Jia sped down the field after 42 minutes, but his pass to C. Ying Lee was just a bit too far ahead for him to get a good shot off.The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.
The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs J. Ouyang found it hard to get back into position.W. Ping Shun could have added one to the visitors' lead if his free kick had gone just a little lower.Grilled's 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 64 minutes.With 69 minutes played, W. Shun An nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.Grilled's L. Aik Jia was shown a yellow card after 74 minutes for slicing down an opponent.M. Viapiana of Divers had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. T. Fels von Hartenstein came in to finish the match.Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Divers, but P. Freimann's shot went over the bar.After 82 minutes, 健. 小林 (Kobayashi) made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.
