Tanglin 0 - 11 Grilled
00 spectators had come to Tanglin Bowl this cloudy day.
Tobias Jørgensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ansis Laiviņš and
Klaus Jörg. Tanglin had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Li-Jie - Wan-kyun, Yeou-Chyi, Gin-Fan, Kee-Kiat - Xi-qi, Tsen-Tsou, Phu-Hung, Zheng - Jieh, Kumar.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Abed-Sulaiman - bin Udi, Kek-Tjiang, Falkbo - Siu-Yue, Han Kok, Borup, Jie Siong, Rottman - Martinsson, Wai-Kin.
Grilled showed off their creative tactics. After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 10 minutes that gave the visitors the 0 - 1 lead. Despite the controversy,
Ola Martinsson struck home the penalty, as cool as anything.
Ola Martinsson increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. The visitors'
Ola Martinsson took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 32 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Grilled. At that,
Ola Martinsson was noted down for a hat trick. Grilled had to make a substitution after 38 minutes.
Fauzi bin Udi limped off the field and was replaced by
Fabian Bona. The visitors'
Jon Andrea Rottman took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 39 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Grilled. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half.
Cao Wai-Kin increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 5. 41 minutes in, Tanglin's
Yong Phu-Hung received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Halftime score was 0 - 5. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 89 percent possession of the ball.
Grilled's
Ola Martinsson scored the 0 - 6 goal after 55 minutes by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent keeper no other option than to pick the ball out of the net. The game had been on for 71 minutes when
Shen Kek-Tjiang broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 0 - 7, much to the home crowd's dismay. Grilled's
Au-Yong Siu-Yue received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 72 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 8 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. Grilled increased the lead to 0 - 9 as
Ola Martinsson scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. Grilled's
Jörgen Falkbo received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 76 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 10 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. With 79 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 11 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Ola Martinsson. After 85 minutes Tanglin's
Geng Wan-kyun had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony.
Zeng Sun-Him came in to replace him. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 93 percent of possession.
The most dominating Tanglin player was without a doubt
Lian Yeou-Chyi.
Aghat Kumar on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman.
Lee Jie Siong on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 11.