iv id="matchReport"> Clear skies welcomed the 59310 spectators who had made their way to The Cooking Pot. Paolo Siro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luca Ahammer and Artur Kędzior.A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Grilled.Starters: Tian Han - Lee Hao, Filippone - Ping Shun, Won, Meyer, Leong Kum, Aik Jia - bin Mohd Kassim, Jing Wei, 勇航 (Yonghang).
Singapore tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.The following players had been chosen: Crean - Argappio, Diletti, Weidl - Wu, Alluri, Kim Feng, Niamuddin, Smirnov - Kaukonen, Ove.
It was obvious that Singapore were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic.Grilled had a good opportunity to take the lead as A. Leong Kum came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of E. Crean.The pressing tactics used by Singapore were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times.Slack defending gave Grilled a chance to take the lead with 27 minutes played, but Z. Jing Wei's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition.Z. Jing Wei gave Grilled the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0The referee showed Grilled's W. Ping Shun the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.Grilled put themselves up 2 - 0 when G. Filippone broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.The visitors replied 41 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 2 - 1, as J. Ove dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper.Singapore's H. Kim Feng was shown a yellow card after 42 minutes for slicing down an opponent.That Grilled's L. Lee Hao has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 43 minutes: 3 - 1!Confident in their lead, Grilled's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.Halftime score was 3 - 1.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 58 percent of the ball.
The bench was restless, and with 50 minutes passed Singapore's coach gave L. Kok Aik the opportunity the player had been hoping for. B. Wu reluctantly left the field.M. bin Mohd Kassim increased the lead for Grilled to 4 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it!After 65 minutes, Singapore switched T. Kaukonen with C. Jian Yi, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.Singapore's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle.Grilled's Z. Jing Wei saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 83 minutes.Grilled increased the lead as 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) struck to make the score 5 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let N. Muthyala replace Z. Jing Wei after 88 minutes.G. Filippone wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by R. bin Ahmad.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.
Most important Grilled player was 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .N. Muthyala turned in a dismal performance, however.J. Ove performed admirably for Singapore.However, C. Jian Yi made a disastrous appearance.The match ends 5 - 1.