As the teams spread out over the pitch, it became clear that they would both be using a 2-5-3 formation today.Joker demonstrated their supernatural creative tactics on the field.Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their divine (+1) level with that tactic.22 minutes into the game, Bilal Mohammad Harun had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide.Chan Ze Han almost seemed to dance around Tobias Wurzinger, his movements were so smooth. Unfortunately for Grilled, his finish ended up on the wrong side of the post.Grilled's opponents know to be wary of Bernie Egan's speed, but it made little difference as he flew past the defence 31 minutes into the game. Only the keeper could stop him - and he did with a perfectly timed dive!Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.Grilled had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 33 minutes in when Chan Ze Han came up alone against Gert-Jan van Boshuizen who managed a block.The home keeper expected a move to the right, but Cyril Künzler surprised him with a free kick aimed the other way 34 minutes into the match. 0 - 1 for Grilled.With 36 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed Gilbert Webb of Grilled to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2.罗 (Luo) 海翔 (Haixiang) did everything he could to get one back for his Joker, but keeper Massoud Dob denied him with a spectacular block.The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.
The home team's supporters got excited again when Tan Cheng Yao broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 2.With 51 minutes played, after a good run down the left, Tobias Wurzinger went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving.The visitors' Islom Davlatov took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 63 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for Grilled.The home crowd was not impressed when Islom Davlatov came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 74 minutes. Grilled were now up 1 - 4.Florus Romijn of Grilled was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.Kalki Parvathaneni made a nice dash down the wing after 76 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded.A marvellous Joker effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 82 minutes by Tobias Wurzinger, making the score 2 - 4.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 85 minutes, Hoàng Trung Quá came on for Gilbert Webb.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let Chu Xin Lee replace Bernie Egan after 89 minutes.Kalki Parvathaneni left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 89 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Prokop Mottl was the replacement.The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact.The match ends 2 - 4.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.
