AHAB 5 - 4 Grilled
Clear skies welcomed the 6930 spectators who had made their way to
Le Pequod.
Ziv Nissan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Oskari Sundgrén and
Sammy Ridenour. The following players had been chosen:
de Bruyne -
Jelkić,
Frijns,
San Gil Ollo -
Stachlewski,
Tolson,
Artam,
Vīksna,
Stickel -
Valour,
Marques.
Lineup:
Dob -
Webb,
中北 (Nakakita) -
Künzler,
Davlatov,
Mohammad Harun,
Muthyala,
Romijn -
Mudaliar,
Ze Han,
Parvathaneni.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 3-5-2 formation while the visitors instead opted for 2-5-3. After 2 minutes of play,
Jules Valour gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.
Kalki Parvathaneni made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. AHAB put themselves up 2 - 0 when
Berke Can Artam broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The referee showed Grilled's
Neeraj Muthyala the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The away team improved the scoreline to 2 - 1, as
Vikram Mudaliar struck home, set up well by a play on the left 22 minutes into the match. The visiting team's
Vikram Mudaliar was able to score the 2 - 2 equaliser with a header 27 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. Grilled's
Islom Davlatov hurt his back 28 minutes into the match, and had to be convinced by the medical team that it was safer not to continue the match. The player that took his place was
Moey Xin Seng. AHAB broke through on the left 39 minutes into the game, with
Richi Stickel firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 3 - 2 lead. After 42 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Grilled was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. 3 - 2 was the halftime score. AHAB had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.
Matija Jelkić should probably have put his team up another goal after 69 minutes after breaking through the middle, but some great goalkeeping by
Massoud Dob kept the visitors in the game.
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from
Cyril Künzler after 74 minutes of play, making the score 3 - 3. After 78 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but
Cyril Künzler's free kick hit the crossbar. 80 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Gilbert Webb gave
Hoàng Trung Quá a quick hug as he left the field. After some beautiful movement down the left wing,
Alfred San Gil Ollo scored for AHAB putting them ahead 4 - 3, after 84 minutes.
Jules Valour had a fantastic opportunity to put AHAB up another goal 86 minutes into the match after a pass through the middle set him free, but he fired just over the crossbar.
Florus Romijn's lightning pace was too much for
Matija Jelkić who could only look on as the Grilled player blasted one home. 4 - 4. 88 minutes into the game,
Florus Romijn had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The referee announced 3 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. A questionable penalty 90 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 5 - 4. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as
Berke Can Artam knocked the ball home. Despite hurting his right foot at the 91 minute mark,
Bobbie Frijns decided to keep playing. The match ends 5 - 4. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.
Most important AHAB player was
Josias Marques.
Eugeniusz Stachlewski on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Chan Ze Han.
Hoàng Trung Quá was a disappointment, however.
