Grilled 0 - 6 Scallop
3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. The following players had been chosen: Noubaryan - Ross, 俊桂 (Jungui), Madaini - bin Jantan, 尊文 (Zunwen), Djekshenkulov, 长春 (Changchun), Shun An - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang).
Scallop decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Buijsert - Guergue, Śmiech, Beyerlein - Kaanis, Ze Shi, 儒松 (Rusong), Yew Seng, Figueirinha - Papp, Machnes.
Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents,
朱 (Zhu) 长春 (Changchun) got himself booked. The manager of Grilled was not happy. Grilled had a magnificent opportunity after 5 minutes as
卢 (lu) 尊文 (Zunwen) hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 30 minutes, Scallop did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker,
Tuval Machnes was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. Scallop increased the lead to 0 - 2 as
Melvin Kaanis scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. With 37 minutes played,
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim was very close to reducing the score for Grilled with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
Woon Shun An from Grilled a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 38 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Scallop increased their lead after 39 minutes when
Alex Papp broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.
54 minutes into the game, Scallop were awarded a penalty and
Melvin Kaanis was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 4 rolling the ball in by the right post. By now, the players in Scallop felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 60 minutes, Grilled switched
Walter Ross with
Chow Ying Lee, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 71 minutes played, Scallop put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Tuval Machnes. The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave
Shiya Shaahee the opportunity the player had been hoping for.
Abdul bin Jantan reluctantly left the field. When
朱 (Zhu) 长春 (Changchun) made yet another studs-first tackle after 77 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Grilled player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when
Chow Ying Lee tried to sneak the ball past the keeper.
Arnaud Buijsert was too alert for that!
Lee Ze Shi of Scallop took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 84 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. Scallop enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.
Chow Ying Lee performed admirably for Grilled. On the other hand,
Hovaness Noubaryan's play was disheartening. The most dominating Scallop player was without a doubt
Tuval Machnes. However,
Yap Yew Seng made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 6.