Cocktai Stirs
The Birds ended this Supporter Week Trophy with a 6-1-3 record and +11 goal difference, putting them 3530th of 24246 entrants, and the sixth-best performer from Singapore. This was from two wins on this last day, the first of those a barely-there 2-1 versus Indian II.4 side **Cuban World Attack**. It would largely be a goalkeepers' duel between
Radomil Marcol and the Delhi club's Trinidad & Tobago former youth international Paul Curling, which had
Lim An Keng make the difference. The Grilled midfielder scored twice, before Hungarian forward Péter Aczél got one back from a well-worked free-kick.
Next would be German V.18 worthies Raspo Ruppig 05, who were on the wrong end of Lim's hat-trick, which would be the club's only one for this tournament. Stocky English striker John Cullen wasn't that far behind, with a brace in this 6-3 game. Finnish III.4 side Mansen Moltovin Cocktailit then gave Grilled something to think about as they raced to a 4-1 lead by the 51st minute, and although
Chia Kwang Tse chased it back to 5-4 some twenty-plus minutes later, Miika Kaivola had the last word by completing his treble in added time.
Farmer Bunnies were slightly further back with a 5-3-2 aggregate, with one goal scored and one conceded in this third day. Neither of those were against American IV.58 team Florida Everblades, as the former USA Consolation Cup winners butted heads fruitlessly using an identical approach. A constant exchange of unconvincing counters brought no joy to either party, as
Gabriel Priebe flashed a free-kick inches over with five minutes remaining.
The navy-shirted GBS MOSINA of the Polish VI.450 then got the better of the Buns, as they stalemated them effectively until Swiss striker Mathias Bajna's delightful chip over
Gilberto Sorondo in the 81st.
Amaya Ravula thundered straight into their box five minutes on, but his effort came off the crossbar. This lead to a finale against Brunei II.3 club turbo brunei, which was won by
Dušan Václavík's 21st minute header off a drifting
Ong Li Jing cross.
Grilled International roared to a flawless third day to outdo Grilled Birds with their 1827th place finish on seven wins and three losses, and ten goals net. It was a close-run thing at times, granted, as in their first test against Swiss V.45 promotees Fc Schweizz. Two down in the first six minutes, they were back level by the tenth, and
Chua Jun Long's double proved enough for a 4-3 win even as
Snæbjörn Sigfússon missed a second penalty in the 76th minute.
Thai III.10 club Ratcha Anachak Thai did prove easier pickings with
Leri Bezhanishvili and
Phua Li Kong finding the net twice each in a 6-0 rout, before German VI.650 champions FC Starnberg 1899 took International on an adventure that finally ended 5-4. Alexander Greif was the best player on the field as he savaged International's backline in raising a hat-trick, but
Khosrov Danelyan rose in return with a second-half brace to pull International back level by the 83rd minute, before
Remond Bergervoet had the fans all on their feet with his pinpoint finish in extra time.
That had the International supporters bouncing for quite a while, and Grilled Birds head coach
Tian Yonghang congratulated his newly-installed counterpart
Sazwan bin Hj Muhd Salleh for the accomplishment. "I always felt that they had much untapped potential." Tian further revealed. "Maybe Sazwan can bring that out now!"
