Grilled 0 - 1 Lawrence,
Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and
The Cooking Pot saw a crowd turnout of 47879.
Valente Lobo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Horst Rohrmoser and
Javier Zozaya. Grilled's starters:
Germanakos -
Panigrahi,
Webb -
Baena,
Thach,
Keng Chuan,
Kwang Tse,
Mohammad Harun -
Ze Han,
Xin Seng,
Parvathaneni.
Lawrence,'s lineup was:
Angarita -
Walker,
Siong Feng,
Revillard,
Pferdemarkt,
Tse Ping -
田中 (Tanaka),
Haugen,
Ahmad -
Leiva,
Audino.
Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Lawrence, KS FC, the formation of choice was 5-3-2. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their magical (18) level with that tactic. For their match strategy, Lawrence, had decided to use their utopian (19) ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The goal to make it 0 - 1 was scored by
Ciro Audino after 13 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Lawrence,. On any other day,
Bhavya Panigrahi's free kick would have found the back of the net to tie the game for Grilled, but not today - the visitors' keeper displayed extraordinary reflexes as he blocked the shot harmlessly to the side. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
Bhavya Panigrahi from Grilled a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 36 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 73 percent of the ball.
Chia Kwang Tse would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Lim An Keng entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 46 minutes. It was obvious that team Grilled had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Lawrence, were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 55 minutes, but
Foo Tse Ping lofted a free kick over the crossbar. After 56 minutes, Grilled attempted an attack but had to cede the ball in frustration. They could not find their way through the mighty
Frode Haugen, who acted as an effective roadblock on Lawrence,'s defensive midfield.
Joaquin Leiva almost caused an own goal when he foolishly sent the ball towards his own goalie, but at the last minute one of his teammates managed to stop the ball. After 85 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Kalki Parvathaneni off the field.
Teo Chuan Yong took his place. The match ends 0 - 1. Grilled had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.
Most important Grilled player was
Chan Ze Han.
Enrique Baena on the other hand, had a terrible day. Lawrence,'s top performer was clearly
Joaquin Leiva. However,
Scott Pferdemarkt made a disastrous appearance.
