Elephants 0 - 10 Grilled
000 spectators had come to Dead Fish Tower this cloudy day.
Emmanuel Dousset was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Panayiotis Marinias and
Jean-Jacques Kellenberger. Elephants tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: 癸项 (Guixiang) - bin Musa, bin Abu Bakar, bin Rashid, ç¿å‹ (Ruiyou) - 楚舰 (Chujian) , 轶项 (Yixiang) , bin Shahrum, Keng Feng - Puay Dong, æ•¬å¨ (Jingwei).
A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. The following players took the field: Dias Paes - Penati, Lik-Tsun, Talib - Edmond, Paullin, Spirig, Han Kok, Chowdhury - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
The left side created an opportunity for the visitors 22 minutes into the match, and
Maikel Rotteveel wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The game had been on for 25 minutes when
Maikel Rotteveel broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. With 34 minutes played, a phenomenal play on the left side freed
Sandy Edmond, of Grilled, to dash through and score another goal for the visitors. The score was then 0 - 3. A thrilling play through the middle 36 minutes into the match gave Grilled's
Sandy Edmond a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. Always a threat,
Maikel Rotteveel tore past his marker and placed the ball right at the feet of the waiting
Subri bin Ku Zainol who should have easily scored for Grilled, but the ball went wide. A drive on the left side allowed Grilled's
Maikel Rotteveel to get in close and score a goal after 37 minutes, leading to 0 - 5. That made three goals for
Maikel Rotteveel and he was marked down for the hat trick. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Grilled. Halftime score was 0 - 5. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 84 percent of the time.
After 62 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Sandy Edmond who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 6. This third goal made a hat trick for
Sandy Edmond. The referee signalled a penalty 76 minutes into the game following an offence just inside of the box.
Maikel Rotteveel knocked home the 0 - 7 goal just outside the reach of the goalkeeper. 79 minutes in, Grilled's
Quah Han Kok received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The Elephants player who had to be helped off the pitch, was
刘 (Liu) 楚舰 (Chujian) as he was unable to finish the game.
林 (Lin) 安洲 (Anzhou) came in to finish the match. The visitors'
Maikel Rotteveel took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 82 minutes into the match. 0 - 8 for Grilled. Several players were looking tired, especially
Tajudin bin Shahrum who quite horribly caused the 0 - 9 goal as he lost the ball to a still energetic
Quah Han Kok of Grilled after 84 minutes.
Subri bin Ku Zainol 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
雷 (Lei) 癸项 (Guixiang) and it was a little too high and hit the bar. 87 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 10 as
Dani Spirig finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 88 percent.
Aw Puay Dong performed admirably for Elephants.
Lai Keng Feng on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Valdir Dias Paes. However,
Ciro Penati made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 10.