Geylang 1 - 8 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Geylang Palace saw a crowd turnout of 7000.
Nuno Taurino was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Rodolphe Guihard and
Tommaso Valdinoci. Geylang had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Mail - Jung-Ho, Jun-Hyuck, Minh-Quan, Sanjiv - Jee-Win, Ha-man, Kuan-Yew, Ai-mei - bin Baharom, bin Mohd.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Bona, Liehner - Spirig, Han Kok, Jie Siong, Borup, Siu-Yue - Martinsson, Wai-Kin.
Grilled's
Quah Han Kok could have put the guests one up after 8 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but
Rashid Mail was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 17 minutes allowed
Ola Martinsson to score the 0 - 1 goal for Grilled.
Quah Han Kok increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2. With 29 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Ola Martinsson. Grilled's
Ola Martinsson received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 35 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 4 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. By then
Ola Martinsson was a three time scorer - a hat trick! The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 90 percent.
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 57 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Grilled's
Cao Wai-Kin received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 70 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 5 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.
Terkel Borup of Grilled received a yellow card after 72 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Geylang's
Xun Ai-mei was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box -
Tuan Rosli bin Mohd managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 5 after 75 minutes. Grilled's
Cao Wai-Kin received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 76 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 1 - 6 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one.
Ola Martinsson increased Grilled's lead to 1 - 7 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. The game had been on for 85 minutes when
Ola Martinsson broke through on the right, upping the score for Grilled to 1 - 8, much to the home crowd's dismay. The referee showed Geylang's
Dheeran Sanjiv the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 94 percent of possession.
The most dominating Geylang player was without a doubt
Dheeran Sanjiv.
Quan Minh-Quan on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Cao Wai-Kin.
Hang Bao-Tam on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 8.