Grilled 6 - 0 Scorps
500 spectators arrived at Gamma Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Jan Harm Henselmans was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Jonas Forsstad and
Peter Bill. Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Ong, Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung - Seng-kar, Dai-Lin, García Sole, Machado, Pence - Chiew-Yen, Hobson.
Scorps started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Chuen-Tak - Kun-Fun, Guo-Fang, Jian-Yi, Ki-Jung - Sze-Ming, Chee-Hoong, King-Li, Chuen-Tak - Sei-Tee, Jun-Hao.
Ricard Machado received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 29 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 30 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from
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Tim Hobson, who, unaided, came in from the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors' keeper. With 32 minutes played, Grilled's
Chen Chiew-Yen tried to nail the coffin shut, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
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Tim Hobson dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Grilled. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. With 36 minutes played,
Ricard Machado could have brought this one home for Grilled as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Grilled were given a penalty 38 minutes into the match - neatly put away by
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Tim Hobson. 3 - 0 for the home side. By then
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Tim Hobson was a three time scorer - a hat trick! 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 80 percent of possession.
Grilled put themselves up 4 - 0 when
Chen Chiew-Yen broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him.
Tom Pence increased Grilled's lead to 5 - 0, putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. After 70 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Chen Chiew-Yen might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However,
Chew Chuen-Tak made a spectacular save. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Lan Tuan-Mu squirmed himself through their central defence after 73 minutes, bringing the lead to 6 - 0.
Chen Chiew-Yen almost managed to score another goal for Grilled, coming from the right, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors' keeper. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 89 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Lan Tuan-Mu.
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Tim Hobson on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Scorps player was
Zhuan Ki-Jung.
Hu Chuen-Tak on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 0.