Rapalites 1 - 8 Grilled
982 spectators had come to Fisherman's Horizon this cloudy day.
Andrea Bleve was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Gianni Masin and
Tibor Nagy. Rapalites tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: bin Jaafar - Pease, bin Saidi, bin Ali, Toledo - bin Taufek, bin Azali, bin Adan, Wei Quo - bin Ahmad, bin Mansor.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Lik-Tsun, Bona - Spirig, Han Kok, MacKinnon, Paullin, Jie Siong - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
For their match strategy, Rapalites had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. After 3 minutes, Grilled's
Subri bin Ku Zainol made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. A thrilling play through the middle 6 minutes into the match gave Grilled's
Subri bin Ku Zainol a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. 11 minutes into the game,
Jairo Toledo had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Roziman bin Ali. 12 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty and
Sylweriusz Zywczyn was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 3 rolling the ball in by the right post. After 21 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Sylweriusz Zywczyn who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 4. It was 0 - 4 at the break. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 84 percent possession of the ball.
A thrilling play through the middle 60 minutes into the match gave Grilled's
Maikel Rotteveel a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 5. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. Rapalites had a brilliant opportunity to reply as
Che Harun bin Ali received a high ball from the right, striking the ball in the air. Only
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman's reflexes saved him. After 75 minutes,
Asri bin Azali sent the corner kick right to
He Wei Quo who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1-5! With 76 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 1 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Subri bin Ku Zainol. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for
Subri bin Ku Zainol. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Rapalites's
He Wei Quo got himself booked. The away team's
Han Lik-Tsun took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 84 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 1 - 7. A drive on the left side allowed Grilled's
Maikel Rotteveel to get in close and score a goal after 85 minutes, leading to 1 - 8. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 85 percent of the time.
He Wei Quo performed admirably for Rapalites. However,
Roziman bin Ali made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was
Lorenz Paullin. However,
Fabian Bona made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 8.