65496 spectators had come to
Camp Nou Singapore this cloudy day.
Nguyễn Phúc Thụy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Adrià Homedes and
Henning Fliegenbauer. The following players had been chosen by
Singapore:
Ivić -
Grasser,
Esener,
M'Madi -
Åkesson,
Lightbourne,
Espeleta,
Eichstaedt,
Vanović -
Ikem,
Cheţan.
Grilled fielded:
Marcol -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Pyae Ko,
Teck Fu,
Keng Chuan,
Andrović -
Kwang Tse,
Chitre,
An Keng.
FC Barca Singapore entered the field in a 3-5-2 formation. The visitors,
Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup.
Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle, taking advantage of their
divine (+7) level with that tactic. Making his way up the middle 10 minutes into the match,
Ajdin Vanović almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert
Radomil Marcol blocked it to keep the score level. After a fine move down the middle
Cezar Cheţan nearly gave the home side a goal after 17 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide.
Singapore took the lead 32 minutes in, as
John Ikem broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. A corner kick by
Raúl Himadas created great disorder in the penalty area. As pandemonium set in, and with a bit of luck,
Grilled's
Lim An Keng was able to shove the ball in to the back of the net as the ball landed in front of him. 1 - 1. They were singing the praises of
Adin Åkesson 36 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to
Singapore. The visiting team's
夏 (Ha) 其材 (Qicai) was able to score the 2 - 2 equaliser with a header 37 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. The referee showed
Singapore's
Claus-Dieter Eichstaedt the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 40 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for
Singapore was
Aadil M'Madi. 3 - 2 was the score after the first half.
Singapore enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.
After 56 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after
Lim An Keng made it through the middle and struck home to make it 3 - 3. After 65 minutes,
Raúl Himadas sent the corner kick right to
Chia Kwang Tse who headed it sharply past the keeper. 3 - 4! The crowd roared in delight as
John Ikem finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for
Singapore 68 minutes into the match. 4 - 4.
Luis Esteban Espeleta pulled the strings in the build-up. After some beautiful movement down the left wing,
Cezar Cheţan scored for
Singapore putting them ahead 5 - 4, after 69 minutes. All credit to
John Ikem for that clever assist. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in
Singapore's
Cezar Cheţan increasing the lead to 6 - 4.
Darko 'Donnie' Andrović would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Paulino Trindade entered the game for
Grilled as the match clock showed 89 minutes. After 89 minutes, the
Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Hwang Teck Fu off the field.
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) took his place. 89 minutes into the game,
Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Chia Kwang Tse gave
Mohd Marzuki Khairul a quick hug as he left the field. The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 3 minutes beyond the regular 90 minutes. 90 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
John Ikem broke through, making the score 7 - 4 for
Singapore. At that,
John Ikem was noted down for a hat trick! The coach of
Singapore was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 91 minutes,
Steve Kim came on for
John Ikem. After 91 minutes, the
Singapore players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game.
Aadil M'Madi wanted to play on, but the
Singapore coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 91 minutes into the game by
Low Pin Cheng. The match ends 7 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
Singapore, with 57 percent of the ball.
Most important
Singapore player was
Adin Åkesson.
Lim An Keng performed admirably for
Grilled.