Grilled 2 - 1 Singapore
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 90443 to The Cooking Pot.
Vitus Casal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Jaco Kardolus and
Luis Dietsch. Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Harlow - Alcántara, Bona, Dewilde - Dai-Lin, Stanton, Siu-Yue, Kek-Tjiang, Noor Yadah - Hjortlind, Martinsson.
Singapore had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Kamphuis - Sörensson, Almbrant, Hee-Jun - Tranlius, Olsson, Jonsson, Örnskog, Lewfeldt - Stjerning, Andersson.
Lin Hee-Jun really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by
Tim Almbrant after a corner. After a fine move down the middle
Au-Yong Siu-Yue nearly gave the home side a goal after 21 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. Grilled could have put themselves ahead after 23 minutes but
Ola Martinsson missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Grilled had a good opportunity to take the lead as
Shen Kek-Tjiang came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of
Joop Kamphuis.
Aznan Noor Yadah's speed was almost enough to give Grilled a goal after 39 minutes, but his nice pass to
Ola Martinsson was not taken care of properly. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 54 percent of possession.
They were singing the praises of
Ola Martinsson 47 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from just outside the centre part of the opponent's penalty area found its way over the visitors keeper to make the score 1 - 0 for Grilled. The referee showed Singapore's
Michael Sörensson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Grilled were forced to a substitution as
Au-Yong Siu-Yue couldn't continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing
Jon Andrea Rottman to come in from the sidelines. Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Singapore's
Robin Andersson put the ball in the net after 80 minutes to make it 1 - 1.
Ulf Lewfeldt of Singapore received a yellow card after 80 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Johan Dewilde gave Grilled the lead with 2 - 1, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. With 84 minutes played, Grilled's
Asher Stanton fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Asher Stanton for diving. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 51 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Shen Kek-Tjiang.
Johan Dewilde on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Singapore player was without a doubt
Joop Kamphuis.
Tim Almbrant on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.