Durian_picker 0 - 8 Grilled
rk skies made the crowd of 36000 at Saujana Court a little nervous, but the rain held off.
Pieter Kamperman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Rafael Oñate and
Arnaud Petitot. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this
West derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Durian_picker. Starters: çƒæ¢ (Shuoliang) - 如宾 (Rubin) , Chun De, bin Hussin, bin Abdullah - bin Hassan, Han Tze, Wei Yi, 云盛 (Yunsheng) - Ming Chun, Hao Leong.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Dias Paes - Deme, Talib, Ãrva, Fjällbratt - Penati, MacKinnon, Han Kok, Chowdhury - bin Yaacob, Mirchev.
Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. A penalty was given after 13 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1.
Quah Han Kok was the scorer.
Quah Han Kok increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2. A thrilling play through the middle 26 minutes into the match gave Grilled's
Zoltán Ãrva a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Grilled. The away team's
Ivaylo Mirchev took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 33 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 4. With the scoreboard showing that 33 minutes had been played, Grilled nearly put themselves up another goal after
Sándor Deme came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 85 percent of the time.
In a rapid move 48 minutes into the match,
Ciro Penati of Grilled lost his man, passed the ball to the unmarked
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob who easily hit it home for the 0-5 goal.
å” (Tang) çƒæ¢ (Shuoliang) kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when
Quah Han Kok delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. With 58 minutes played, Grilled's
Peter Fjällbratt fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Peter Fjällbratt for diving. Grilled's
Peter Fjällbratt received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 59 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 6 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one.
Quah Han Kok was, after 61 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but home side's keeper
å” (Tang) çƒæ¢ (Shuoliang) made the save. With 68 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Tapesh Chowdhury. After 71 minutes, Grilled's
Quah Han Kok burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 8. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for
Quah Han Kok. With 77 minutes played, Durian_picker's
Tan Han Tze fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Tan Han Tze for diving. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 87 percent.
Most important Durian_picker player was
Mohd Zaidil bin Hassan.
Samin bin Hussin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Valdir Dias Paes.
Sándor Deme turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 8.