Kcrunchy 0 - 8 Grilled
scorching day at Kcrunchy United Arena, where 7000 spectators were in place for today's match.
Zdeněk Takáč was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Kjell Paulsen and
Viktor Nemchinov. Kcrunchy had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Yuan-Pin - Ha-Tram, bin Othman, Carlsson, Ganesan - Lok, Cheng-Chuan, Thiam-Loong, Minho - King-Lok, Teck-Hock.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Pakpao - Kolesov, Stanton, Noor Yadah, Siu-Yue, Blissenbach - Hjortlind, Stern.
Kcrunchy seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Grilled took the lead 2 minutes into the game, scoring the 0 - 1 goal after some elegant plays down the middle.
Lan Tuan-Mu was the scorer.
Joe Stern increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Kcrunchy's
Cui Cheng-Chuan got himself booked. The referee signalled a penalty 32 minutes into the game following an offence just inside of the box.
Joe Stern knocked home the 0 - 3 goal just outside the reach of the goalkeeper. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by
Asher Stanton. At last, Grilled's
Nui Pakpao was able to shove the ball in. 0-4. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. With 37 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Tim Blissenbach. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 37 minutes, making it 0 - 6.
Luis Alcántara was noted down as the scorer. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 6. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 69 percent of possession.
Mohd Zakaria bin Othman wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. 74 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 7 as
Au-Yong Siu-Yue finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 77 minutes Kcrunchy's
Chen King-Lok contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. Grilled's
Joe Stern scored the 0 - 8 goal after 86 minutes by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent keeper no other option than to pick the ball out of the net. By then
Joe Stern was a three time scorer - a hat trick! After 88 minutes
Chen King-Lok could have reduced the lead with a blistering strike from the left wing, had it not been for an excellent block by the visitors' keeper. Kcrunchy's
Lei Teck-Hock had a shot that hit the post after 88 minutes, after a swerving free kick. Kcrunchy's
Lei Teck-Hock left the field after 88 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
Bhavesh Kaicker. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 78 percent of possession.
Kcrunchy's best player was
Cui Cheng-Chuan. However,
Mohd Zakaria bin Othman made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's best player was
Aznan Noor Yadah. However,
Luis Alcántara made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 8.