Grilled 4 - 3 newbies
e 61912 spectators at The Cooking Pot were in for an afternoon of sunshine.
Giorgio Momentè was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Martin Osieka and
Hermann Kleve. The derby had been the talk of
Jurong all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Stacey - Tzonkov, 俊桂 (Jungui), Madaini - Iten, bin Jantan, 尊文 (Zunwen) , 长春 (Changchun) - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
newbies decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: You De - Leong Qiang, 康航 (Kanghang) , bin Nan - 偌添 (Ruotian), bin Durum, bin Saiban, Han Huat, 豪平 (Haoping) - bin Che Rusli, 汉锦 (Hanjin).
Grilled clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Today, newbies's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks.
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again.
Chow Ying Lee's speed was clear to see after 26 minutes as he darted past his marker and released
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) who scored the 1 - 0 goal. After 28 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by
岳 (Yue) 豪平 (Haoping) . 29 minutes in, Grilled appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only
passable. The crowd groaned its disapproval when
Paolo Iten missed a free kick that would have given Grilled the lead after 35 minutes. 36 minutes in, newbies's
Roshadi bin Che Rusli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Roshadi bin Che Rusli delivered a good free kick from an excellent position 37 minutes into the game, but luck wasn't on newbies's side this time and the ball went wide. After 40 minutes,
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to put away the 2 - 1 goal, giving Grilled the lead. Grilled's
Chow Ying Lee was delighted to score the 3 - 1 goal after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper and into the net, following some good attacking movement on the right wing after 43 minutes. Grilled made it 4 - 1 as
Chow Ying Lee knocked the corner kick to
Slavcho Tzonkov who whipped a low drive in off the far post. It was 4 - 1 at the break. newbies claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.
Grilled's coach took some time during the break to go over his strategy, which raised Grilled's organisation to
solid. Maybe due to the uphill battle the team was facing, the newbies manager looked to change things around. After 46 minutes,
张 (Zhang) 偌添 (Ruotian) and
岳 (Yue) 豪平 (Haoping) swapped positions on the field. After 46 minutes of the match, the manager still hoped to turn things around.
Amirul Jufri bin Durum was ordered to assume a different position on the pitch. He took the place of
Liu Han Huat, who in turn replaced his team mate. With things not going too well on the field, the newbies coach made the decision to swap the positions of
Roshadi bin Che Rusli and
葛 (Ge) 汉锦 (Hanjin) with 46 minutes played. The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes,
Walter Ross came on for
Paolo Iten. 71 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
poor level of organisation. newbies was determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favor for the wings. Coming in on the left,
张 (Zhang) 康航 (Kanghang) did everything right to get a goal for newbies after 72 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper.
Chow Ying Lee didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. 78 minutes in and an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as
葛 (Ge) 汉锦 (Hanjin) charged ahead and scored, reducing the deficit to 4 - 2. Players in newbies heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their
Roshadi bin Che Rusli reduced the lead to make it 4 - 3 after 83 minutes, following a pass from the right.
卢 (lu) 尊文 (Zunwen) had a fantastic opportunity to put Grilled up another goal 85 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The forty-five minutes were dominated by newbies, with an impressive 69 percent possession of the ball.
Grilled's best player was
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) .
Walter Ross on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating newbies player was without a doubt
Isa Ansori bin Saiban. However,
Mohd Sofi bin Nan made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 3.