Rapalites 4 - 6 Grilled
ear skies welcomed the 31638 spectators who had made their way to
Fisherman's Horizon.
Kimmo Hasa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Marco Abenda and
Ciro Gleria. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Rapalites. The following players took the field: Ruivo - bin Rozi, bin Abd Kadir - Frizzi, 文扬 (Wenyang), Mantali, bin Ahman, Leaşcu - Nilo, 景铭 (Jingming), Huhtamäki.
Grilled started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Kryus - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Madaini - Shaahee, 长春 (Changchun), bin Jantan, Jing Wei, Shun An - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
After 16 minutes
Tiberio Frizzi made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to
J. Huhtamäki who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 1 - 0. The corner kick from
Qassem Madaini was powerfully met by the head of
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim to make the score 1 - 1. Grilled took the lead 23 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle.
Qassem Madaini was the scorer. Grilled increased their lead after 29 minutes when
朱. 长春 (Changchun) broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
Mohd Firdaus bin Rozi from Rapalites a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 34 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!
José Alberto Nilo tried to get a goal back for Rapalites but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. It took several tries, but Rapalites managed to break through on the left after 38 minutes, getting the ball to
何. 文扬 (Wenyang) who easily reduced the lead to make the score 2 - 3. A drive down the left side allowed
Zhao Jing Wei to get in close and score another goal for Grilled after 39 minutes, taking the score to 2 - 4. 2 - 4 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
The home crowd were delighted when
Musa bin Abd Kadir scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 3 - 4. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! The referee showed Rapalites's
José Alberto Nilo the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to some great work on the right wing Rapalites's
José Alberto Nilo was able to even the score after 64 minutes to make the score 4 - 4. After 67 minutes, Grilled's
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 4 - 5. Rapalites's
José Alberto Nilo made an attempt at equalising 72 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound.
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) of Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 75 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 4 - 6. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper
Edmund Kryus and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Rapalites, but
J. Huhtamäki's finish was way too lame.
Abdul bin Jantan wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by
卢. 尊文 (Zunwen) . Grilled had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.
The most dominating Rapalites player was without a doubt
裴. 景铭 (Jingming).
Tiberio Frizzi was a disappointment, however.
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) performed admirably for Grilled. On the other hand,
Woon Shun An's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 6.