Oxford 0 - 6 Grilled
00 spectators arrived at Focus Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Guillaume Wollenmann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Toma Trut and
Grigory Ismaylov. Oxford had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Jin-Tian - Pei-Ping, Ching-Ping, Gupta, Chin - Jyh-dong, bin Hamzah, Yen-Ti, Siew-Yang - bin Paiman, Lee.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Dewilde, Tuan-Mu, Sun-Nee - Dai-Lin, Machado, Tellskär, Noor Yadah, Pence - Reed, Chiew-Yen.
Grilled took the lead after 5 minutes with 0 - 1.
Ma Dai-Lin placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Grilled's
Ding Sun-Nee got himself booked for a foul. 16 minutes into the game,
Ibrahim bin Hamzah had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Chen Soon-Fatt. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 21 minutes, making it 0 - 2.
Miguel Reed was noted down as the scorer. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 78 percent of possession.
With 47 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Tom Pence.
Aznan Noor Yadah received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 52 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. An indecisive 'keeper looked on as a free kick by Grilled's
Tom Pence put the visitors up 0 - 4 after 63 minutes. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 69 minutes, making it 0 - 5.
Miguel Reed was noted down as the scorer. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.
Ricard Machado of Grilled received a yellow card after 69 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Aznan Noor Yadah was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 71 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 81 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 6 as
Ding Sun-Nee finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 83 percent of possession.
Most important Oxford player was
Liu Ching-Ping.
Chen Soon-Fatt on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Ma Dai-Lin.
Miguel Reed on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.