Warrior 2 - 1 Grilled
752 fans braved the pouring rain at Lest We Forget.
Gustaw Kwasniewski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ireneusz Kowalczyk and
Ilan Kapeta. Warrior started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: bin Zainal - Kok-Hao, Nunn, Tian Chin - Knebelsberger, Ming-Foo, Habets, Yi-Ping, bin Moidony - Rosado, Kang-yin.
Grilled decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Dias Paes - Zywczyn, Lik-Tsun, Árva, Talib - Penati, Branbilla, MacKinnon, Spirig, Han Kok - Rotteveel.
Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Grilled.
Gordon Rosado of Warrior received a yellow card after 2 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Quah Han Kok did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch.
Bernd Knebelsberger gave Warrior the lead with 1 - 0 with a beautiful free kick after 26 minutes. After 27 minutes, Warrior raised their score by one when
Hairil Zamri bin Moidony's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by
Wu Kang-yin. 2 - 0. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Warrior. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Warrior enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.
Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Warrior's
Bai Ming-Foo a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 49 minutes into the game.
Hairil Zamri bin Moidony almost managed to score another goal for Warrior, coming from the right, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors' keeper. The home team's fans were upset when, after 85 minutes, the visiting
Zoltán Árva broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. This half belonged to Warrior, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.
Most important Warrior player was
Afandi bin Zainal.
Adam Nunn on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Maikel Rotteveel performed admirably for Grilled. On the other hand,
Ciro Penati's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.