newbies 2 - 1 Grilled
ercast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 47833 at the newbies ground today.
Kurt Luginbuhl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Angelo Maerki and
Toni Hooman. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this
Jurong derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. newbies had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: You De - bin Nan, 康航 (Kanghang) , Leong Qiang - bin Durum, Ying Eng, Han Huat, bin Saiban, Ho Yi - bin Che Rusli, 汉锦 (Hanjin).
A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. They fielded: Stacey - Crkvenjakov, Madaini, 俊桂 (Jungui), Tzonkov - Djekshenkulov, Fonseca, Dorogan - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Grilled on this day. After 10 minutes, newbies sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached
Ler Ho Yi, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot and score the 1 - 0 goal. With 15 minutes played, newbies put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
Isa Ansori bin Saiban, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
Tan Ying Eng of newbies was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Grilled were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 37 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to
Gleb Dorogan, who smashed it home to make the score 2 - 1. It was 2 - 1 at the break. The forty-five minutes were dominated by newbies, with an impressive 64 percent possession of the ball.
After 60 minutes, Grilled switched
Vukota Crkvenjakov with
朱 (Zhu) 长春 (Changchun), hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. newbies claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.
张 (Zhang) 康航 (Kanghang) performed admirably for newbies.
Amirul Jufri bin Durum was a disappointment, however. Most important Grilled player was
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim. On the other hand,
Gleb Dorogan's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.