kickers 4 - 2 Grilled
Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 5374 to
Olympic Fox Stadium.
Jan Orendi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Micha�l Fr�meaux and
Jean Grossegger. Lineup:
Higueras -
Malik,
Delanoy,
Vergauwen -
Sosbe,
Serafim,
Vargas,
van Tol,
Verganti -
Wittmaack,
Prankerhelm.
They fielded:
Rykowski -
Trung Qu�,
Tarin -
Muthyala,
Xin Seng,
Mudaliar,
Mottl,
Velho -
Xin Lee,
Davlatov,
Parvathaneni.
The teams had chosen different formations for the match. Home team Fox kickers went for 3-5-2 while Grilled Birds has decided to play a 2-5-3 lineup. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their divine level with that tactic. kickers broke through on the left 2 minutes into the game, with
Michael Prankerhelm firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in kickers's
Claudio Fabi�n Vargas increasing the lead to 2 - 0. kickers solidified their lead at the 26 minute mark, as
Yasen Malik dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. 30 minutes into the game, kickers wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Manolo Higueras gave
Pedro Henrique Villas Boas a quick hug as he left the field. Halftime score was 3 - 0. kickers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
The home crowd was silenced as
J�r�my Tarin took a successful penalty shot 59 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 3 - 1. As the 60 minute mark approached, the kickers coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Renzo van Tol reluctantly made way for
Mike Schaumburger on the pitch. 60 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a kickers substitution.
Apostolis Manouselis came on for
Michael Prankerhelm. Grilled's
J�r�my Tarin got himself booked for a foul. After 73 minutes,
Claudio Fabi�n Vargas put kickers ahead 4 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 1 minute as stoppage time. A bit later, Grilled's
Chu Xin Lee easily reduced the lead to 4 - 2 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. The match ends 4 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 52 percent of the ball.
Most important kickers player was
Virg�lio Serafim.
Apostolis Manouselis was a disappointment, however. Grilled's best player was
Chu Xin Lee. On the other hand,
Krystian Rykowski's play was disheartening.
