City 0 - 5 Grilled
00 spectators had come to City Palace this cloudy day.
Jerry Pettersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Guntram Hermann Fesl and
Vasco Chaves. City had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Yeh-Wei - Bhogal, Kam-Pui, Boon-Kin, Wei-Kiet - Fon-Jau, Dinh-Son, Kwei-Lien, Byung-suck - Ping-wai, bin Mohd Idrus.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Abed-Sulaiman - Liehner, Bona, Alcántara - Paullin, Han Kok, Borup, Jie Siong, Olaru - Martinsson, Hjortlind.
Grilled had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team's goaltender
Min Yeh-Wei saved
Quah Han Kok's shot that was headed for the top corner from the right.
Ola Martinsson gave the visitors the lead 23 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. With 26 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Ulf Hjortlind. The visitors'
Quah Han Kok took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 32 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Grilled. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 91 percent.
Grilled's
Fabian Bona received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 47 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 4 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. With 66 minutes played, Grilled's
Dragos Olaru fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Dragos Olaru for diving.
Ola Martinsson increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 5. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Ola Martinsson was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 81 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.
Li Byung-suck of City received a yellow card after 82 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 93 percent of possession.
Most important City player was
Hui Boon-Kin.
Gao Kam-Pui on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman.
Dragos Olaru on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 5.