Scorps 0 - 2 Grilled
48 spectators arrived at Scorps Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Bjarne Skovsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Stefano Campana and
Marco Stage. Scorps had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Flinkby - Kun-Fun, Guo-Fang, Jian-Yi, Ki-Jung - Sze-Ming, Boon-Bin, Saint, King-Li - bin Sheikh Abu Bakar, Jun-Hao.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Bao-Tam - bin Che Lah, Siu-Cheung, Sun-Nee - Seng-kar, Dai-Lin, García Sole, Machado, Pence - Chiew-Yen, Hobson.
With 15 minutes played
Deng Jian-Yi almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors'
Hang Bao-Tam was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. 16 minutes into the game,
Md Ali bin Sheikh Abu Bakar had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Mei Thien-Tan. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 25 minutes led to Grilled's
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Tim Hobson giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1. Scorps's
An King-Li got himself booked for a foul. 36 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as
Chen Chiew-Yen finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 72 percent of possession.
Kau Siu-Cheung was, after 46 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but home side's keeper
Tony Flinkby made the save.
Tom Pence of Grilled received a yellow card after 56 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 85 percent.
The most dominating Scorps player was without a doubt
Deng Jian-Yi.
Mei Thien-Tan on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Ma Dai-Lin. However,
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Tim Hobson made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.