Dolphins 0 - 5 Grilled
94 spectators had come to City Field this cloudy day.
Ulrich Hans Vonhof was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Kirill Letanin and
Przemysław Haliniak. Dolphins tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: bin Khalil - Tze-Yeung, Aik-Hau, Song-En, Yu-Pang - bin Yusoff, Wen-shan, bin Hamidi, bin Raja Shoib - Douglas, Chee.
Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Huel-sheng - Pakpao, Alcántara, Seng-Huat - Yew-Hoe, Blissenbach, Stanton, Noor Yadah, Åhsten - Hobson, Reed.
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Tim Hobson gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 11 minutes with a superb strike from the right. With 35 minutes played, Dolphins's
Mohd Dahlan bin Yusoff fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Mohd Dahlan bin Yusoff for diving.
Deng Tze-Yeung got left behind when Grilled's
Peter Åhsten made a sudden pull forward after 35 minutes, finishing off with a swift strike. 0 - 2! After 36 minutes,
Deng Tze-Yeung had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Dolphins with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 37 minutes, making it 0 - 3.
Miguel Reed was noted down as the scorer. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. 38 minutes into the game,
Wu Aik-Hau had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
Raja Azlan Shah bin Che Omar. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.
After 65 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Chai Yew-Hoe who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 4. The referee showed Dolphins's
Wang Wen-shan the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle,
Cheung Huel-sheng of Grilled spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game.
Chai Yew-Hoe increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 5.
Qi Yu-Pang of Dolphins received a yellow card after 78 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
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Tim Hobson came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over
Ahmad Shahrul Azhar bin Khalil and it was a little too high and hit the bar. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Luis Alcántara was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 80 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.
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Tim Hobson of Grilled received a yellow card after 82 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 79 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating Dolphins player was without a doubt
Ahmad Shahrul Azhar bin Khalil. However,
Terrell Douglas made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's best player was
Aznan Noor Yadah.
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Tim Hobson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 5.