Winners 0 - 7 Grilled
e to an all-day shower, 7000 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Winners 90 Arena.
Patrik Persson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Puck Wagenaar and
Rodrigo Tirado. Winners had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: bin Md Mustaffa - Hsien-Feng, Thien-Duc, Gun-Ho, Siu-yin - Yiu-Wing, Tien-chien, Thanh-Tuan, bin Hashim - bin Mohamed Shukri, Pui-Kin.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Tuan-Mu, Ong, Sun-Nee - Seng-kar, Dai-Lin, García Sole, Tellskär, Magnusson - Chiew-Yen, Hobson.
After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's
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Tim Hobson got himself booked. Grilled took the lead after 32 minutes with 0 - 1.
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Tim Hobson placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. The visitors'
Lan Tuan-Mu took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 32 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled.
Chen Chiew-Yen increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 3.
Tan Ong 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
Abdul Rashid bin Md Mustaffa and it was a little too high and hit the bar. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.
Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 57 minutes, making it 0 - 4.
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Tim Hobson was noted down as the scorer. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Grilled increased the lead to 0 - 5 as
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Tim Hobson scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. At that,
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Tim Hobson was noted down for a hat trick. The game had been on for 75 minutes when
Ma Dai-Lin broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 0 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. Grilled will have to do without
Daniel Tellskär for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 76 minute mark. He was substituted by
Gai Chanh. Grilled's
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Tim Hobson received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 83 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 7 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. Grilled had to make a substitution after 86 minutes.
Hang Bao-Tam limped off the field and was replaced by
Tomás Semprún Balenciaga. 86 minutes into the game, Grilled worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. After 87 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to Grilled's
Ding Sun-Nee being carried off the pitch and replaced by
Kau Siu-Cheung. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 85 percent of possession.
Most important Winners player was
Mohd Shawal bin Hashim.
Wang Siu-yin on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was
Chen Chiew-Yen.
Gai Chanh on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 7.