iv id="matchReport"> Clouds darkened the skies at The Cooking Pot as 81209 spectators turned up for the match. Albert Argemí was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emre Genco and Virgile Latapie. All of Jurong was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby.Grilled decided to use a 2-5-3 set up.Starters: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Filippone - Ping Shun, Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Jing Wei, Meyer - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
Ropelearner clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could.8 minutes in, Grilled's 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.After a fine move down the middle 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) nearly gave the home side a goal after 9 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide.Ropelearner's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 10 minutes gone, but L. Keong Hui's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper.After 24 minutes, Ropelearner's F. Hernández Luna swiftly ran past W. Shun An and nutmegged the keeper! 0 - 1.Ropelearner had to make a substitution after 42 minutes. W. Tadel limped off the field and was replaced by S. Chu Ming.The home crowd was not impressed when Q. Leong Long came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 43 minutes. Ropelearner were now up 0 - 2.After 44 minutes, Grilled's G. Filippone fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit!Halftime score was 0 - 2.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.
The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when C. Ying Lee tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. F. Kopola was too alert for that!After 66 minutes, C. Ying Lee had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Grilled with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar.Good work by the Ropelearner defensive line after 67 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found A. Mitusov alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide.69 minutes into the game, Ropelearner worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch.M. bin Mohd Kassim did everything he could to get one back for his Grilled, but keeper F. Kopola denied him with a spectacular block.Ropelearner played a good counterattacking move down the left 75 minutes into the match, with L. Keong Hui finishing well for 0 - 3.Confident in their lead, Ropelearner's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave I. Pöhlke from Ropelearner a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 76 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!Unfortunately for Grilled, Z. Jing Wei was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. N. Vandeneynde replaced him.The bench was restless, and with 85 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave R. bin Ahmad the opportunity the player had been hoping for. G. Filippone reluctantly left the field.With 88 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. bin Jantan came on, W. Ping Shun had to leave the fray.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.
