Grilled 2 - 0 Tinombala
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and The Cooking Pot saw a crowd turnout of 58874.
Mousa Mustafa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Jorge Enrique Díaz and
Nils Ziesenboeck. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this
West derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Dias Paes - Árva, Lik-Tsun, Talib - Penati, MacKinnon, Branbilla, Spirig, Han Kok - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.
Tinombala started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Wai-Kit - Martínez, Popa, Chi Tao, Perdreau - Dong An, Ting Sze, Ahmad, Thien Chye, Lampert - Rentorp.
Tinombala clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. 2 minutes in, the referee awarded Grilled a penalty.
Maikel Rotteveel coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. After 24 minutes,
Dani Spirig put Grilled ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side. After an industrious effort down the middle,
Dani Spirig could have closed the game off after 26 minutes, but his finishing shot hit the post. With 35 minutes played, Grilled's
Ciro Penati fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Ciro Penati for diving. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.
Good work by Tinombala's defensive line produced a couple of good counterattack chances, one of which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found
Tan Ting Sze alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. After 60 minutes, Tinombala switched
Ng Dong An with
Jiu Sang-Thong, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 52 percent possession of the ball.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
Maikel Rotteveel. However,
Zoltán Árva made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Tinombala player was without a doubt
Håkan Rentorp. On the other hand,
Jiu Sang-Thong's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.