46362 spectators had come to Blackout Arena this cloudy day. Asante Ludigo-Mkasa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sébastien Macia and Kim Langset.Shining decided to use a 4-5-1 set up.They fielded: Velarde - Kamil, Dang, Nie Tong, Balouch - Burgos, Kwang Chin, Ženíšek, Boon Guang, Caron - Majdawi.
A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled.The following players took the field: Tian Han - Meyer, Filippone - Leong Kum, Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Prabhu, Won - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Isufi.
Grilled used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings.The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to K. Nie Tong, but the Shining player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0!Shining's C. Caron saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 6 minutes.Shining's C. Caron got himself booked for a foul.Grilled were forced into a substitution as G. Filippone couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) to come in off the bench.With G. Filippone no longer on the pitch, A. Leong Kum became the new set pieces taker.O. Majdawi should probably have put his team up another goal after 24 minutes after breaking through the middle, but some great goalkeeping by W. Tian Han kept the visitors in the game.A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Shining to 2 - 0 as J. Ženíšek finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle.Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.The crowd roared its approval when F. Velarde somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by Grilled's 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) 30 minutes into the game, following a good move through the middle.2 - 0 was the score after the first half.Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.
K. Nie Tong increased the lead for Shining to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it!Shining's O. Majdawi increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 53 minutes.Confident in their lead, Shining's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.A wonderful trick by 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) that left F. Balouch bewildered really deserved to end in a goal but the keeper made a fine save.With 72 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Grilled showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 1 when R. Isufi got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal.After 73 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and L. Boon Guang gave the Shining supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 1.With 75 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. L. Aik Jia came on, C. Won had to leave the fray.Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Grilled's R. Isufi was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 89 minutes. D. Bögengang was given a chance to change things around.Possession in this half belonged to Shining, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.
Most important Shining player was O. Majdawi.K. Nie Tong on the other hand, had a terrible day.田. 勇航 (Yonghang) performed admirably for Grilled.D. Bögengang was a disappointment, however.The match ends 5 - 1.
