It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 57893 that came out to Lest We Forget. Robert Jonsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fiorenzo Maccalli and Eldar Omerčaušević.A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Warrior.Starters: Liefke - Boschetto, Li Yau, Rufach - Rapacchi, Kaposvári, Arce, Vedral, Chi Huat - McCleary, Avanzo.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination.The following players took the field: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Filippone - Ping Shun, Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Jing Wei, Meyer - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Meyer from Grilled a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 8 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!Unfortunately for Warrior, J. McCleary was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. R. Malik replaced him.Grilled's 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 21 minutes. 0 - 1.W. Ping Shun could have added one to the visitors' lead if his free kick had gone just a little lower.0 - 1 was the halftime score.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 55 percent of the ball.
The corner kick from C. Rufach was powerfully met by the head of J. Vedral to make the score 1 - 1.Many thought X. Chi Huat ought to have been awarded a penalty 51 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around W. Tian Han after a determined run through the middle.It wasn't a good day at all for W. Ping Shun. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day.The visiting M. bin Mohd Kassim was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 66 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score.With 70 minutes having been played, Warrior scored to make it 2 - 2. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but U. Avanzo was marked down as the scorer.87 minutes into the game, Warrior wanted to bring some new energy to their game. B. Kaposvári gave A. Spiridonov a quick hug as he left the field.89 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Warrior substitution. G. Aurigemma came on for C. Li Yau.Grilled had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.
The most dominating Warrior player was without a doubt X. Chi Huat.F. Arce turned in a dismal performance, however.田. 勇航 (Yonghang) performed admirably for Grilled.G. Filippone was a disappointment, however.The match ends 2 - 2.
