never 4 - 3 Grilled
ouds darkened the skies at Hell Hole as 68306 spectators turned up for the match.
Peter-Michael Büchner was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Tasuja Vaher and
Lucien Stehlin. The derby had been the talk of
West all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for never. The following players took the field: Riis - Moniz, Quoc-Sung, Alameda - bin Ahmad, Ovesson, Morariu, Lewing, Ferrer - Nilsson, bin Salim.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Dias Paes - Zywczyn, Lik-Tsun, Talib - Edmond, Paullin, MacKinnon, Han Kok, Spirig - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
The wings were the focus of most of never's attacks on this day. After 14 minutes, Grilled's
Dani Spirig made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. With 36 minutes played, a phenomenal play on the left side freed
Maikel Rotteveel, of Grilled, to dash through and score another goal for the visitors. The score was then 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Grilled decided to play a more defensive game at this point. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's
Subri bin Ku Zainol got himself booked. The visitors nearly scored again after 41 minutes, but a superb save by
Kalle Riis kept
Maikel Rotteveel's free kick out of the net. never supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to
Ángel Ferrer who reduced the visitors' lead after 45 minutes to 1 - 2. It was 1 - 2 at the break. never enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
Due to some great work on the right wing never's
Ángel Ferrer was able to even the score after 77 minutes to make the score 2 - 2.
Othman bin Ahmad made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 78 minutes into the match.
Yusman bin Salim bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for never. 3 - 2. The visitors refused to give up and, after 80 minutes,
Lorenz Paullin scored the tying 3 - 3 goal as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. At 80 minutes played,
Grigore Morariu came in from the right with the intention of giving never the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Grilled's
Quah Han Kok got himself booked for a foul. 86 minutes into the match and the home team took a 4 - 3 lead after breaking through on the left. Scorer for never was
Yusman bin Salim. never held the ball, with a clear 52 percent of possession.
Most important never player was
Kalle Riis.
Miguel Moniz was a disappointment, however.
Valdir Dias Paes performed admirably for Grilled.
Dani Spirig was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 3.