Adidas 0 - 3 Grilled
ercast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 25000 at Adidas Arena today.
Fabio Italiano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Miclãus Vâlcu and
Stephan Stromberger. Adidas had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Jain - Khia-Wai, van Pelt, Vinh-Loc - Qing-Song, Wen-Zhong, bin Adan, Fui-Yaw, Fortuyn - Yuen-Fatt, bin Abu.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - bin Che Lah, Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung - Machado, Ju-Hau, Stanton, Kek-Tjiang, Dai-Lin - Reed, Hobson.
18 minutes into the game,
Hang Bao-Tam had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Tomás Semprún Balenciaga. Adidas made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
Min Yuen-Fatt completely alone with keeper
Tomás Semprún Balenciaga, who made a spectacular block.
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Tim Hobson 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 34 minutes played, Adidas's
Sapian bin Abu fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Sapian bin Abu for diving. Grilled's
Miguel Reed scored the 0 - 2 goal after 35 minutes by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent keeper no other option than to pick the ball out of the net. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Adidas held the ball, with a clear 51 percent of possession.
Kau Siu-Cheung sailed high above the opponents as he headed the 0-3 goal in on a corner kick from
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Tim Hobson after 67 minutes of play. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half.
Liu Vinh-Loc challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 76 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball combination. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. Adidas will have to do without
Min Yuen-Fatt for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 82 minute mark. He was substituted by
Zhan Thien-Duc. With 84 minutes played, Adidas's
Liu Vinh-Loc fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Liu Vinh-Loc for diving. As
Zhan Ju-Hau had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Grilled player a red card without batting an eyelid. The Adidas player who had to be helped off the pitch, was
Badrul Afzan bin Adan as he was unable to finish the game.
Zhang Ti-Kheng came in to finish the match. Grilled's
Nor Suhaimi bin Che Lah got himself booked for a foul. Adidas held the ball, with a clear 54 percent of possession.
Most important Adidas player was
Jarno van Pelt.
Quan Qing-Song on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was
Ma Dai-Lin. However,
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Tim Hobson made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.