MaShImArO 0 - 6 Grilled
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3596 to Francis United Arena.
Jens Zacho Graulund was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ghanem Essalhi and
Andreas Gaisburg. MaShImArO had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Quang-Minh - Gupta, bin Mustaffa, Kok-Sin, Kan-hung - Lap-Kay, Mian-Wei, bin Sulaiman, Jian - bin Mohd Kassim, Kwai.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Huel-sheng - Sun-Nee, Tuan-Mu, Dewilde - Dai-Lin, Ju-Hau, Magnusson, Yew-Hoe, Machado - Chiew-Yen, Hobson.
After 10 minutes Grilled's
Lan Tuan-Mu had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony.
Kau Siu-Cheung came in to replace him. Grilled's
Ma Dai-Lin was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box -
Ricard Machado managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 17 minutes. The visitors'
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Tim Hobson took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 20 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. The away team's
Chai Yew-Hoe took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 36 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 3. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.
Grilled came close to extending their lead as
Chen Chiew-Yen delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 48 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. After 72 minutes MaShImArO's
Quan Lap-Kay had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony.
Halim bin Japperi came in to replace him. Grilled increased the lead to 0 - 4 as
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Tim Hobson scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. Grilled increased the lead to 0 - 5 as
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Tim Hobson scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. By then
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Tim Hobson was a three time scorer - a hat trick!
Shahrulnizam bin Sulaiman was suffering from cramps and had difficulty keeping up as the opposition pushed forward.
Peter Magnusson had no problems getting through and hit home the 0 - 6 goal. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 77 percent of possession.
The most dominating MaShImArO player was without a doubt
Yin Jian.
Amirul Jufri bin Mohd Kassim on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Ma Dai-Lin.
Peter Magnusson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.