Geylang 0 - 6 Grilled
00 spectators had come to Geylang Field this cloudy day.
Carlos Avalos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Adolfino Gasparín and
Maxime Maronne. Geylang tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Yuji-n - bin Mohamed, Vien-Van, Parke, Yen-Jwu - Man-Kwong, Phong-Triet, bin Awang, bin Adenan - bin Anusai, Jia-Xian.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Pakpao, Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung - Ze, Siu-Yue, Ju-Hau, Blissenbach, Kolesov - Hjortlind, Stern.
Grilled clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle.
Tim Blissenbach behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 5 minutes as he gave the ball away to
Choy Phong-Triet. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. With 19 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
Ulf Hjortlind put the ball away for 0 - 1. The visitors'
Joe Stern took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 28 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.
Ulf Hjortlind came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over
Jin Yuji-n and it was a little too high and hit the bar. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 78 percent of possession.
Ulf Hjortlind hit the ball perfectly after 57 minutes to score for Grilled with a fabulous long shot. 0 - 3. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by
Milen Kolesov. At last, Grilled's
Li Ze was able to shove the ball in. 0-4. Grilled's
Joe Stern received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 76 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 5 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. The visitors'
Ulf Hjortlind took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 77 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for Grilled. This third goal made a hat trick for
Ulf Hjortlind. Grilled came close to extending their lead as
Joe Stern delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 80 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 88 percent.
Most important Geylang player was
Jin Yuji-n. However,
Shamsul Amri bin Mohamed made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was
Zhan Ju-Hau. However,
Li Ze made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 6.