Army Left Speechless
Grilled Birds eased to their best finish in ten years in the Trophy of Legends, as they closed at 380th position out of 5648 teams on six wins, and a +17 goal difference. It was hardly smooth sailing against Belgian V.87 side KVV Blue Army, that said, as their French Number Nine Simon Jullien put them ahead twice with his deceptively powerful shooting, a huge contrast with his almost-dainty dribbling style.
Chia Kwang Tse equalized in the 59th minute from a great
Brian Reddy cross, however, and
Hwang Teck Fu won it at the death with his Hail Mary chip.
Zurich-based FC Silencer of the Swiss V.242 were next, and despite also taking the lead twice through Juan Carlos Bautista and then Ghabous Salati, they would soon crumble against a non-stop Grilled siege towards the end of the first half, which saw four goals scored in the last eight minutes. Both
Chia Kwang Tse and
Lim An Keng then completed their braces in the next half, to close the tournament on a high.
The Buns would end up 694th of 1402 participants on three wins and three draws, with just five goals scored and two conceded. As so often, today's victory would be decided by the lone goal, and it was off
Ong Li Jing's boot that it came against Peruvian IV.24 opponents Real Tonteria FC. Lorenzo Barreto would attempt an equalizer eight minutes later, but Farmer Bunnies had enough bodies back to close him out.
Finnish V.27 club AC Assasins would be the Buns' final test, one involving very similar tactics, which wound up nil-all. It could have developed differently had
Arturo Rosano found the net with his curling free-kick in the second minute, but that would drift barely wide with Spanish goalkeeper Gregorio Torres Fink nowhere near.
Amirul Jufri Khairil then had the best go of the match in the 66th minute off a rapid counter, but pinged it off the woodwork after Tony Wallasvaara applied pressure.
Grilled International were a decent 626th of 2272 entrants with five wins out of eight and +17 goals, as they started their final day with a 6-3 triumph over Polish VI.740 club FC PatrixTheOne.
Leri Bezhanishvili led the way with a quick double by the 24th minute, and despite Lorris Brion equalizing 3-3 right before half-time, International would pull away with three more after the break, with
Chua Jun Long concluding.
Cambodian top division side Forlorn Pines were just too strong, however, as the former national champions swept International 6-2 in their famous wine-red kit. Dutch ex-international Sandro Kamerman opened with a big header eight minutes in, and for all of
Waldemar Gołata's fighting spirit and several top saves from
Darshana De Abrew, it was not enough to prevent Pines from eventually running away with it.