Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at
UP FC Arena today.
Edward Grabler was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Adam Emery and
Mitchell Hobson. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this
Jurong derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents.
UP fielded:
杰维 (Jiewei) -
bin Raja Shoib,
国平 (Guoping),
安航 (Anhang),
bin Mohammed,
Eng Yeng -
Kiong Jia,
Jin Eng,
志综 (Zhizong),
bin Mohammad -
bin Ahmad Shariffuddin.
Grilled's lineup was:
Marcol -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
長野 (Nagano),
An Keng,
Andrović -
Teck Fu,
Chitre,
Kwang Tse.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 5-4-1 formation while the visitors instead opted for 2-5-3.
Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their
divine (+5) level with that tactic. After 13 minutes,
Grilled's
Lim An Keng made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1.
UP's
Hahi bin Mohammad was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 14 minutes. A penalty was awarded after 17 minutes, and
Raúl Himadas made the most of his chance to put
Grilled up by another goal. 0 - 2 for the visitors.
Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 27 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
Gandhik Chitre a chance to increase the lead for
Grilled, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. With 32 minutes played,
Grilled put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Hwang Teck Fu.
Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The visitors'
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for
Grilled. With 34 minutes played,
Chia Kwang Tse of
Grilled fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. It was 0 - 5 at the break.
Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.
牛 (Niu) 安航 (Anhang) got left behind when
Grilled's
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) left scorch marks in the turf 71 minutes, finishing off with a blisteringly swift strike. 0-6! 75 minutes into the game,
Grilled were awarded a penalty and
Raúl Himadas was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 7 rolling the ball in by the right post.
许 (Xu) 杰维 (Jiewei) got a fingertip on
Chia Kwang Tse's shot from the left 77 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal.
Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.
Raúl Himadas was, after 81 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper
许 (Xu) 杰维 (Jiewei) made the save. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Chia Kwang Tse who increased
Grilled's lead to 0 - 8.
Chia Kwang Tse of
Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 84 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 9. As the 88 minute mark approached, the
Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) reluctantly made way for
Kendell El Khateeb on the pitch. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a
Grilled substitution.
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Chan Ze Han came on for
Hwang Teck Fu. 89 minutes into the game,
Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Chia Kwang Tse gave
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Teo Chuan Yong a quick hug as he left the field. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 3 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 0 - 9.
Grilled had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.
莫 (Mo) 国平 (Guoping) performed admirably for
UP. Most important
Grilled player was
Gandhik Chitre.