Fagiolotto Team fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 3-5-2. C. Won came close to putting the visiting team one up 4 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but H. Abou Ghali managed to tip the ball to a corner.Grilled's L. Wan Kang got himself booked for a foul.9 minutes in, Fagiolotto appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable.K. Parvathaneni of Grilled received a yellow card after 35 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 39 minutes, but H. Abou Ghali made a beautiful one-handed save.After 43 minutes, Grilled's C. Won made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1.M. Xin Seng received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 44 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early.Halftime score was 0 - 2.Grilled had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.
The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Fagiolotto had solid organisation.Grilled came close to extending their lead as C. Xin Lee delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 58 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting.A. Talaat wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat.After 65 minutes, Grilled's R. van der Ban burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3.After 69 minutes Fagiolotto's I. Kheir limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue.72 minutes into the game, Fagiolotto had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable.Grilled's C. Xin Lee made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 73 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line.Had it not been for one of the home defenders, R. van der Ban would have put Grilled up another goal 77 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing.As usual, J. Decamps tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all.R. Isufi wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 85 minutes into the game by M. bin Mohd Kassim.R. Isufi was coming off, and had placed his last free kick for the day. That meant that C. Won got the chance to showcase his dead ball skills.R. van der Ban left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 88 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. C. Awyong was the replacement.The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 1 of added times, they none the less welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact.The match ends 0 - 3.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.
The most dominating Fagiolotto player was without a doubt T. Frick.M. El Gebaly on the other hand, had a terrible day.C. Won performed admirably for Grilled.However, H. Bakhtiar made a disastrous appearance.
