Rangers 0 - 8 Grilled
e 7000 spectators at Pulau Ubin Palace were in for an afternoon of sunshine.
Robin Rodmo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Arto Tuomela and
Corey Childs. Rangers tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: bin Dani - Yong-Ping, Man-Leung, bin Zailani, Ai-Choo - Wei-Quo, bin Mustaffa, Yuan-shin, Kwong-Yiu - Chi-Fung, Kin-Lun.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Harlow - bin Che Lah, Tuan-Mu, Pakpao - Barbour, Paullin, Spirig, Rottman, Fernández Riviera - Hjortlind, Langeland.
Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Grilled's
Earl Barbour somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for
Jan Langeland, who struck for 0 - 1.
Faizal bin Dani kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when
Antonio Fernández Riviera delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 16 minutes, making it 0 - 2.
Antonio Fernández Riviera was noted down as the scorer. 32 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty and
Antonio Fernández Riviera was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 3 rolling the ball in by the right post. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 33 minutes, making it 0 - 4.
Ulf Hjortlind was noted down as the scorer. The away team's
Jan Langeland took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 36 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 5. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 79 percent of possession.
After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Jan Langeland was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 48 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. The visitors'
Nui Pakpao took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 59 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for Grilled. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. 68 minutes in, Grilled's
Nor Suhaimi bin Che Lah received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Grilled came close to extending their lead as
Ulf Hjortlind delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 69 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. When
Nor Suhaimi bin Che Lah made yet another studs-first tackle after 77 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Grilled player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. 79 minutes into the game,
Lan Tuan-Mu had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Weng Seng-Huat. With 82 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Jon Andrea Rottman. Rangers had no more available substitutions when
Seow Kin-Lun had to leave the game after 84 minutes because of a pulled tendon, leaving the team a man short.
Cheng Kwong-Yiu didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. 88 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 8 as
Jan Langeland finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. This third goal made a hat trick for
Jan Langeland. The referee showed Grilled's
Ulf Hjortlind the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 87 percent.
The most dominating Rangers player was without a doubt
Shen Ai-Choo.
Mohd Firdaus bin Zailani on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Jan Langeland. However,
Weng Seng-Huat made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 8.