Corsairs 1 - 6 Grilled
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 7000 to Tanglin Road.
Klaus Schulz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Alex Kaart and
Alejandro Beltrán. Corsairs started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Keng-Wai - Jie, Yong-Zhan, bin Hamzah, Hou - Kapoor, Po-tsang, Bi-shiou, Myung-Suk - Lai-Hong, Ewe-Ghee.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Bona, Liehner - Borup, Jie Siong, Abd Hamid, Spirig, Paullin - Martinsson, Hjortlind.
Grilled took the lead 6 minutes into the game, scoring the 0 - 1 goal after some elegant plays down the middle.
Dani Spirig was the scorer. The bicycle kick from
Terkel Borup would have been the Goal of the Year for Grilled, had it not hit the post. The visitors'
Ola Martinsson took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 13 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled.
Ola Martinsson increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 3 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Terkel Borup was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 24 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's
Bukhari Abd Hamid got himself booked. After 40 minutes Grilled's
Dani Spirig contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 84 percent possession of the ball.
With 54 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Ola Martinsson. This third goal made a hat trick for
Ola Martinsson.
Cui Bi-shiou sailed high above the opponents as he headed the 1-4 goal in on a corner kick from
Yu Ewe-Ghee after 65 minutes of play. The referee showed Grilled's
Ola Martinsson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
Luo Lai-Hong was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Corsairs's
Ji Dan-Dan had to come off the bench. With 83 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 1 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Fabian Bona. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Lee Jie Siong was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 87 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 88 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 6 as
Dani Spirig finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 89 percent of possession.
The most dominating Corsairs player was without a doubt
Xi Myung-Suk. However,
Ji Dan-Dan made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was
Dani Spirig. However,
Bukhari Abd Hamid made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 6.