Grilled 2 - 5 newbies
994 spectators had come to
The Cooking Pot this cloudy day.
Menno Bergkamp was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ferdinand Kovanda and
Petteri Tuomikorpi. Everyone was excited about the upcoming
Jurong derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Grilled decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Kryus - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Madaini - Shaahee, 长春 (Changchun), Shun An, Jing Wei, bin Jantan - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for newbies. The following players had been chosen: Caamaño - Quong, Hatara - 豪平 (Haoping) , Jing Ting, Sahu, Haley, 偌添 (Ruotian) - Skrjanc, 康言 (Kangyan) , Bollini.
newbies clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle.
张. 偌添 (Ruotian) of newbies was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish
Z. Jing Wei, which resulted in a goal making the score 0 - 1. The visitors'
黄. 康言 (Kangyan) took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 16 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for newbies. Grilled's
C. Ying Lee got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 1 - 2. 31 minutes into the game,
凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar.
G. Bollini of newbies took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 37 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 3. With 38 minutes played, newbies put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
张. 偌添 (Ruotian). Halftime score was 1 - 4. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
After 49 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
R. Sahu who increased newbies's lead to 1 - 5. Grilled didn't give in and with 54 minutes played
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) was able to make the score 2 - 5 after an attack on the right. Grilled's
C. Ying Lee got himself booked for a foul. 78 minutes into the game, newbies worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. With 82 minutes played,
Q. Madaini's free kick looked like a certain goal for Grilled, but to his teammates' dismay, the keeper managed to tip it wide. Had it not been for one of the home defenders,
D. Quong would have put newbies up another goal 83 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. After 85 minutes, Grilled switched
Q. Madaini with
R. bin Ahmad, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.
A. bin Jantan became the new Grilled captain. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 52 percent of the ball.
M. bin Mohd Kassim performed admirably for Grilled. On the other hand,
E. Kryus's play was disheartening. newbies's best player was
黄. 康言 (Kangyan) . However,
D. Quong made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 5.