Apostate 0 - 4 Grilled
3 punters turned up at Apostate Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Mark Michaels was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Pascal Butin and
Felicien Abeloos. Apostate had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Lineup: Shen-Jion - Tuong, Chuen-Tak, Chhong, Ying, Sin-wing - Tam-Jan, Chung-Hui, Se-hong - bin Mohd Nor, Chun-Sing.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Semprún Balenciaga - Ong, Tuan-Mu, Sun-Nee - Hua, Magnusson, Yew-Hoe, Tellskär, Persson - Shung-Tat, Hobson.
15 minutes in, Grilled's
Tan Ong received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Apostate's
Tong Chun-Sing left the field after 25 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
Chenpaganathan Shrivastava. 28 minutes in, Apostate's
Wang Se-hong received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 30 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
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Tim Hobson put the ball away for 0 - 1. 33 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. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 97 percent possession of the ball.
After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Xing Hua was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 53 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 57 minutes in, Grilled's
Peter Magnusson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 58 minutes into the game, Apostate had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to
disastrous. 67 minutes in, Grilled's
Chai Yew-Hoe received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The away team's
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Tim Hobson took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 71 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2.
Bert Persson made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 73 minutes into the match.
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Tim Hobson bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for Grilled. 0 - 3. This third goal made a hat trick for
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Tim Hobson. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 81 minutes, making it 0 - 4.
Lan Tuan-Mu was noted down as the scorer. 84 minutes in, Grilled's
Ding Sun-Nee received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 97 percent.
Most important Apostate player was
Chenpaganathan Shrivastava.
Weng Chung-Hui on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Lan Tuan-Mu.
Ouyang Shung-Tat on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.