Corsairs 0 - 9 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Sentosa Bowl saw a crowd turnout of 7000.
Svyatopolk Belikov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Abdelazim Oukili and
Sándor Gér. Corsairs started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: San-Gui - Yuan-ju, Wee-Keng, bin Adnan, Zhong-Qi - Tien-Poh, bin Ibrahim, Soon-Hyun, Jia-Nian - Quoc-Tuan, Jui-Seng.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Harlow - Pakpao, Bona, Liehner - Barbour, Borup, Spirig, Han Kok, Stanton - Langeland, Martinsson.
After 19 minutes of play, Grilled's
Terkel Borup unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all and
Ola Martinsson forwarded it into goal for 0 - 1.
Quah Han Kok really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by
Marcus Liehner after a corner. 30 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as
Ola Martinsson finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Asher Stanton was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 31 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After 31 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Terkel Borup who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 3. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. The visitors'
Ola Martinsson took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Grilled. This third goal made a hat trick for
Ola Martinsson. The visitors'
Jan Langeland took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 35 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Grilled. The referee showed Corsairs's
Ni Jia-Nian the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 83 percent possession of the ball.
Grilled's
Ola Martinsson received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 62 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 6 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 73 minutes, making it 0 - 7.
Dani Spirig was noted down as the scorer. The visitors'
Marcus Liehner took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 76 minutes into the match. 0 - 8 for Grilled. 79 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. The visitors'
Jan Langeland took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 81 minutes into the match. 0 - 9 for Grilled. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 90 percent of possession.
Most important Corsairs player was
Li San-Gui.
Yao Jui-Seng on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Jan Langeland.
Earl Barbour on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 9.