Grilled 6 - 2 newbies
e weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 58917 had shown up at The Cooking Pot for the match.
Ture Secher was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Antti Ranki and
John Begum. The derby had been the talk of
Jurong all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Stacey - 俊桂 (Jungui), Madaini - Iten, bin Jantan, Fonseca, Djekshenkulov, Yong Yau - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for newbies. They fielded: You De - 泽凯 (Zekai) , Ruifang - 豪平 (Haoping) , Haley, Sahu, Jing Ting, 偌添 (Ruotian) - bin Che Rusli, 汉锦 (Hanjin), Long Huat.
It was an obvious ambition of newbies to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. With 19 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim flipped the ball in after a cross from the right.
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim gave Grilled supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0 after 31 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) squirmed himself through their central defence after 35 minutes, bringing the lead to 3 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.
Grilled solidified their lead at the 59 minute mark, as
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) manoeuvered the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 0. newbies fought on and, after 65 minutes,
张 (Zhang) 偌添 (Ruotian) was able to reply with the 4 - 1 goal after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip.
林 (Lin) 俊桂 (Jungui) increased Grilled's lead to 5 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! After 80 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
Chew Long Huat, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot and score the 5 - 2 goal. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) putting the lead up to 6 - 2. At that,
田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) was noted down for a hat trick! At this point, it was obvious that the players of Grilled lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let
Slavcho Tzonkov replace
林 (Lin) 俊桂 (Jungui) after 88 minutes. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 63 percent possession of the ball.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
Chow Ying Lee. However,
Teo Yong Yau made a disastrous appearance.
葛 (Ge) 汉锦 (Hanjin) performed admirably for newbies.
He Ruifang was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 2.