Grilled 9 - 0 Liverpool
rk skies made the crowd of 3394 at The Cooking Pot a little nervous, but the rain held off.
Cyril Briantais was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Sybrand Blommaert and
Christopher Kubler. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. The following players had been chosen: Noubaryan - Bakhtiar, Awyong - 恒才 (Hengcai), bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Shun An, Shaahee - Bellamoli, Gudivada, Wan Kang.
Liverpool decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players took the field: 雙果 (Shuangguo) - 過 (Guo), 超健 (Chaojian), 秉勇 (Bingyong), 勇泉 (Yongquan), 志宇 (Zhiyu) - 發豪 (Fahao), 佑慶 (Youqing), Převrátil - 志嘉 (Zhijia), 榮南 (Rongnan).
Pompeo Bellamoli gave Grilled the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 Liverpool's
呂 (Lui) 超健 (Chaojian) left the field after 14 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
夏 (Ha) 凱峰 (Kaifeng). A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 16 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but
袁 (Yuan) 雙果 (Shuangguo) got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. 20 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Grilled. With 30 minutes played,
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Hilal Bakhtiar of Grilled fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Grilled managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when
Shiya Shaahee cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.
唐 (Tang) 恒才 (Hengcai) wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by
Chow Ying Lee.
顧 (Koo) 志宇 (Zhiyu) got left behind when Grilled's
Chow Ying Lee made a sudden run forward after 51 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 4 - 0! After this, you could see that the players of Grilled were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Grilled put themselves up 5 - 0 when
Woon Shun An broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Grilled increased the lead as
Mayur Gudivada struck to make the score 6 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Grilled solidified their lead at the 68 minute mark, as
Chow Ying Lee dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 7 - 0. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Grilled to 8 - 0 as
Chow Ying Lee finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By then
Chow Ying Lee had scored three goals - a hat trick! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's
Pompeo Bellamoli increasing the lead to 9 - 0. The Grilled players could smell victory in the air.
Mayur Gudivada wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for
Alex Fonseca after 88 minutes.
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Hilal Bakhtiar left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 89 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead.
Yvan Lefébure was the replacement. Grilled had most of the ball, with 87 percent of possession.
Grilled's best player was
Alex Fonseca.
Hovaness Noubaryan turned in a dismal performance, however.
廖 (Liu) 勇泉 (Yongquan) performed admirably for Liverpool.
郭 (Kwok) 發豪 (Fahao) on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 9 - 0.