Grilled 6 - 0 Warriors
e crowd of 3654 turning up at
The Cooking Pot today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain.
Moric Jurovčík was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Noah Vesterfeldt and
Niek Beekman. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled. The following players had been chosen: Noubaryan - Ross, Madaini, bin Ahmad - 力勇 (Liyong), bin Mohd Kassim, Ying Lee, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Shaahee - Wan Kang, Bacelar.
Warriors started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Luque - Crawford, Huckerby, Kooper - Windsor, 睿江 (Ruijiang) , Petrie, Goldstein - Johnson, Arnot, Trotta.
Finlay Petrie had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. The cannonball from 35 metres by
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) of Grilled was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. Slack defending gave Grilled a chance to take the lead with 32 minutes played, but
Qassem Madaini's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition.
Chow Ying Lee caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 33 minutes. This gave Grilled the 1 - 0 lead. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Grilled to 2 - 0 as
Shiya Shaahee finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.
The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes,
凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) came on for
梁. 力勇 (Liyong). A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim increasing the lead to 3 - 0. The players of Grilled now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 62 minutes, Grilled's
Djan Bacelar found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 4 - 0. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let
Pompeo Bellamoli replace
Leong Wan Kang after 70 minutes. Warriors's
Abe Arnot had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 73 minutes having been played.
Tue Smed was the replacement.
Neil Huckerby didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. After 80 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Grilled was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. With 81 minutes played,
Shiya Shaahee of Grilled fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. With 83 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
Djan Bacelar left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 85 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead.
Gleb Dorogan was the replacement. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents,
Tue Smed got himself booked. The manager of Warriors was not happy. Grilled increased the lead as
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) struck to make the score 6 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 86 percent of possession.
Rashid bin Ahmad performed admirably for Grilled.
Hovaness Noubaryan turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Warriors player was
Tue Smed. On the other hand,
Nelson Goldstein's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 0.