Grilled 2 - 0 Tampines
The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1263 had shown up at
The Cooking Pot for the match.
Alexandre Monier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Åke Väisänen and
Dawid Leja. Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Tian Han - bin Ahmad, 福泉 (Fuquan) , Madaini - Ping Shun, 长春 (Changchun), 星 (Hoshi), Jing Wei, Shun An - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang).
Tampines decided to use a 5-2-3 set up. They fielded: 云宇 (Yunyu) - Akmal, Fu Tze, Zahin Zulfadhli, Lai Woon, George - bin Abdul Ghani, 文源 (Wenyuan) - Rong Ho, Kamaraj, bin Abu Bakar.
For their match strategy, Tampines had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Grilled created a good opportunity to score 11 minutes into the match when
M. bin Mohd Kassim's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Making his way up the middle 27 minutes into the match,
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert
陆. 云宇 (Yunyu) blocked it to keep the score level.
A. George's lack of experience almost gave Grilled a goal after 32 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Grilled's
朱. 长春 (Changchun) tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. With 34 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Tampines resulted in a counterattack that set
V. Kamaraj free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save.
R. bin Ahmad hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Grilled's
Q. Madaini an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 0. Tampines had to make a substitution after 43 minutes.
N. Zahin Zulfadhli limped off the field and was replaced by
C. Jin Beng. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Grilled had most of the ball, with 90 percent of possession.
77 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
朱. 长春 (Changchun) broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Grilled. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 90 percent of the time.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .
和. 星 (Hoshi) on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Tampines player was without a doubt
陆. 云宇 (Yunyu) . On the other hand,
A. George's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.