A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled.Starters: Tian Han - Lee Hao, Filippone - Ping Shun, Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Meyer, Aik Jia - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang), Ying Lee.
Thunnus tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination.The following players had been chosen: Pantea - Thimm, Lodiro - Wijzenbeek, Van Loon, Štembera, Garcia Lopes, Kolovics - Plácido, Sørensen, Håkansson.
Some great play up the middle by Grilled led to a chance for 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) to score after 10 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar.Grilled made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left M. bin Mohd Kassim completely alone with keeper R. Pantea, who made a spectacular block.The visiting S. Plácido was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 26 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score.The crowd was on its feet 28 minutes into the match, as Grilled's 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser.With 36 minutes played, A. Wijzenbeek of Thunnus fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.After 40 minutes, Grilled raised their score by one when W. Ping Shun's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by C. Ying Lee. 2 - 1.The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.
M. bin Mohd Kassim should probably have put his team up another goal after 47 minutes after breaking through the middle, but some great goalkeeping by R. Pantea kept the visitors in the game.Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Thunnus's R. Lodiro put the ball in the onion bag after 54 minutes to make it 2 - 2.With 64 minutes played 朱. 长春 (Changchun) almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide.Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 74 minutes into the match left Thunnus's L. Štembera completely free to score. 2 - 3 for the visitors.田. 勇航 (Yonghang) showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 75 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 3 - 3 equaliser away.After 76 minutes, Thunnus's lack of experience resulted in the team's loss of their edge at the end of the game.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.
Grilled's best player was 田. 勇航 (Yonghang).L. Lee Hao was a disappointment, however.The most dominating Thunnus player was without a doubt W. Van Loon.On the other hand, B. Thimm's play was disheartening.The match ends 3 - 3.