iv id="matchReport"> Dark skies made the crowd of 58472 at The Cooking Pot a little nervous, but the rain held off. Anthony Prévost was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Piero Sarnataro and Ard Woesthoff.Grilled decided to use a 2-5-3 set up.They fielded: Tian Han - Prabhu, Filippone - Ping Shun, Shun An, Meyer, Won, Lee Hao - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Isufi.
A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for CFC.The following players had been chosen: Purwanto - Wei Wei, Voipio, Pitra - Leong Kum, Comitini, Trình, Chauvet, Lazo Garcia - 源裕 (Yuanyu), Ternero.
The wings were the focus of most of CFC's attacks today.After 8 minutes of play, M. bin Mohd Kassim gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.CFC had to make a substitution after 24 minutes. P. Voipio limped off the field and was replaced by L. Kuan Yew.Grilled solidified their lead at the 26 minute mark, as M. bin Mohd Kassim dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0.Cheers filled the stadium as L. Lee Hao broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Grilled.Things were going to get worse for the visitors. 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) squirmed through their central defence after 37 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0.By now, the players in Grilled felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward.4 - 0 was the score after the first half.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.
49 minutes into the match, CFC replied and reduced the lead to 4 - 1. A. Leong Kum scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left.Attacking on the wings was the choice for CFC, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack.CFC reduced the lead after 73 minutes to 4 - 2 as L. Kuan Yew easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right.75 minutes into the game, CFC's A. Leong Kum surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to D. Ternero who easily found the back of the net, making the score 4 - 3.The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. R. Isufi wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Wan Kang after 89 minutes.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.
Grilled's top performer was clearly 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .However, H. Prabhu made a disastrous appearance.The most dominating CFC player was without a doubt 鄭. 源裕 (Yuanyu).O. Wei Wei turned in a dismal performance, however.The match ends 4 - 3.