Grilled 4 - 3 Geylang
822 spectators had found their way to The Cooking Pot, despite the heavy rain.
Salvador Sanchis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Christoph-Franz Harzdorf and
Marco Martínez. Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Dewilde - Dai-Lin, Ju-Hau, Noor Yadah, Kek-Tjiang, Stanton - Hjortlind, Martinsson.
Geylang started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Adkins - Gustavsson, Fui-Gna, Hong-gil - Unwin, Thiam-Loy, Ditã, Chang-Sik - Hoang-Huan, Jie-Quan, Ser-Kiat.
Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Geylang. 5 minutes into the game,
Tsai Jie-Quan almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. With 19 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
Jin Thiam-Loy put the ball away for 0 - 1. Geylang's
Luo Ser-Kiat got himself booked for a foul. After 24 minutes,
Lan Tuan-Mu made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. Grilled broke through on the left 30 minutes into the game, with
Ola Martinsson firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.
A great save by keeper
Ngake Adkins after 50 minutes kept the visitors in the game after
Ma Dai-Lin struck from the left with a real cannonball. Geylang was great at switching from defence to attack, and after 55 minutes,
Tsai Jie-Quan swept through in the middle after such a counterattack, making the score 2 - 2. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's
Asher Stanton got himself booked. Grilled took the lead, 3 - 2, after a penalty 71 minutes into the match.
Ola Martinsson scored from the penalty spot. The visitors'
Tsai Jie-Quan was alert on a play coming in from the left, tying the score at 3 - 3 after 75 minutes. Grilled took the lead, 4 - 3, after a penalty 82 minutes into the match.
Ola Martinsson scored from the penalty spot. By then
Ola Martinsson was a three time scorer - a hat trick! The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 63 percent possession of the ball.
Most important Grilled player was
Shen Kek-Tjiang.
Asher Stanton on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Geylang player was
Tsai Jie-Quan.
Aristide Ditã on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.