iv id="matchReport"> Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 9827 to Cityspurs Arena. Matti Ilmaniemi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rastin Keshavarzi and Ossi Koskiniemi.Cityspurs decided to use a 4-4-2 set up.The following players took the field: Chu Wai - Kang Aik, Kim, Le, Brooks - Mathews, Yahyah, Ong, Talaha - Jabal, Chuan Chang.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.Lineup: Rykowski - Bakhtiar, bin Ahmad, van der Ban - Shun An, bin Mohd Kassim, Isufi, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee - Wan Kang, bin Sabtu.
9 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Cityspurs to take the lead after a good cross from the right found Leong Kang Aik alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post.0 - 1 was the score with 10 minutes played, after Woon Shun An cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Grilled.Cityspurs's Leong Kang Aik left the field after 11 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Shidqie Afham Ayyub.As Leong Kang Aik leaves the field, the coach signals to John Kim to be the new set pieces taker.Yeoh Chu Wai got a fingertip on Rashid bin Ahmad's shot from the left 21 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal.Chow Ying Lee's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 31 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to Leong Wan Kang who knocked it in for Grilled. 0 - 2!The home keeper was stunned 34 minutes into the match when he misjudged the free kick by Che Harun bin Sabtu and dived in the wrong direction. The visitors increased the lead to 0 - 3.Confident in their lead, Grilled's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.A drive down the left side allowed Rinor Isufi to get in close and score another goal for Grilled after 38 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4.39 minutes in, Cityspurs's Mazlan Yahyah received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.0 - 4 was the score after the first half.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.
Che Harun bin Sabtu wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by Colby Awyong.As Che Harun bin Sabtu leaves the field, the coach signals to Rinor Isufi to be the new set pieces taker.With 52 minutes played, Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.The referee showed Cityspurs's Paul Brooks the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.Chow Ying Lee received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 65 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early.67 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 6 as Woon Shun An finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick.Rinor Isufi of Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 71 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 7.Reuben Dizon was called on to replace Cityspurs's Mazlan Yahyah after 77 minutes following a nasty collision.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 85 minutes, Joan Cisquell came on for Rashid bin Ahmad.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.
