Tanglin 0 - 11 Grilled
00 spectators arrived at Tanglin Bowl, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Gustaf Nagel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Philip Dippold and
Peter Kullenstrand. Tanglin tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Guo-Liang - Yung-Cheng, Heng-suan, Ki-Bum, Moe-Moe - Shan-min, Pralad, Chuan-yi, Kun-Fun - Miao-Xiong, Sai-Ho.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Harlow - Rottman, Bona, Alcántara - Paullin, Siu-Yue, Han Kok, Kek-Tjiang, van Liere - Langeland, Martinsson.
With 9 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
Ola Martinsson put the ball away for 0 - 1. With 26 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Ola Martinsson.
Ba Moe-Moe got left behind when Grilled's
Lorenz Paullin made a sudden pull forward after 39 minutes, finishing off with a swift strike. 0 - 3! The visitors'
Ola Martinsson took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 40 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Grilled. At that,
Ola Martinsson was noted down for a hat trick. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 40 minutes, making it 0 - 5.
Jan Langeland was noted down as the scorer.
Jon Andrea Rottman increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 6. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 6. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 82 percent.
Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 56 minutes, making it 0 - 7.
Shen Kek-Tjiang was noted down as the scorer. 67 minutes into the game,
Chellakumar Pralad had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Qi Chang-Wei. 67 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty and
Ola Martinsson was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 8 rolling the ball in by the right post. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Tanglin's
Qi Chang-Wei got himself booked. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 79 minutes, making it 0 - 9.
Hidde van Liere was noted down as the scorer. After 81 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Ola Martinsson who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 10. The visitors'
Au-Yong Siu-Yue took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 84 minutes into the match. 0 - 11 for Grilled. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 88 percent of possession.
Most important Tanglin player was
Liu Chuan-yi.
Xia Heng-suan was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Shen Kek-Tjiang.
Lorenz Paullin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 11.