The teams had chosen different formations for the match. Home team Chemistry went for 3-5-2 while Grilled Birds has decided to play a 2-5-3 lineup.Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their divine (+3) level with that tactic.Grilled's Moey Xin Seng managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 10 minutes. 0 - 1.After 20 minutes, Grilled's Moey Xin Seng burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2.With 36 minutes played, Gerald Leung was very close to reducing the score for Chemistry with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner.Chemistry's Leonard He cut towards the middle after 40 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 2.It was 1 - 2 at the break.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.
Chemistry tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play.Grilled increased their lead after 58 minutes when Chan Ze Han broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay.The visitors' Kalki Parvathaneni took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 60 minutes into the match. 1 - 4 for Grilled.Vikram Mudaliar could have put his team up another goal 64 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, Hoàng Trung Quá came on for 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita).Neeraj Muthyala 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. José Luiz Velho was the replacement.The referee announced 1 minute of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over.After 90 minutes Grilled tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, Islom Davlatov's shot sailed wide after his break down the right.The match ends 1 - 4.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 54 percent of the ball.
The most dominating Chemistry player was without a doubt Poh Kim Hock.Leonard He turned in a dismal performance, however.Chan Ze Han performed admirably for Grilled.However, Hoàng Trung Quá made a disastrous appearance.
