Manchester 0 - 7 Grilled
It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 69489 that came out to
Big Nest Arena Singapore.
Bruno Philippe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Marcin Gałka and
Anthony Martham. For some players the sunny weather was bad news. It made Powerful and Quick players a bit sluggish. For Technical players, it was instead an advantage, allowing them to shine on the pitch. The match took place on neutral ground. Manchester fielded:
Heng Yao -
Nahasapemapetilion,
Lee Kian,
Woon Chun -
神谷 (Kamiya),
Ming Meng,
Vandenabbeele,
Beng Soon,
Kok Xin -
Ridwan,
Taveira.
Grilled's lineup was:
Vadalà -
ter Berg,
Panigrahi -
Künzler,
Egan,
Mudaliar,
Dong Chu,
Parvathaneni -
Xin Seng,
Muthyala,
Mohammad Harun.
Manchester United Eagles started the game in a 3-5-2 formation, whereas Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. The visiting
Neeraj Muthyala was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 8 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. 17 minutes into the game, Manchester's
Miguel Vandenabbeele took a seemingly painful knock to his chest. However, he gritted his teeth and decided to play on. With 22 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
Cyril Künzler. 23 minutes into the game a free kick by
Cyril Künzler found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Grilled's lead 0 - 3.
Vikram Mudaliar's lightning pace was too much for
Hwang Lee Kian who could only look on as the Grilled player blasted one home. 0 - 4. Some fine movement on the left led to a Grilled goal after 25 minutes, making it 0 - 5.
Bernie Egan was noted down as the scorer. 0 - 5 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.
Bernie Egan of Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 60 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. The home crowd cheered when, after 66 minutes,
Neeraj Muthyala's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. 70 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Bhavya Panigrahi gave
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) a quick hug as he left the field. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
Rodrigo Ricardo Nahasapemapetilion from Manchester a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!
Neeraj Muthyala was unable to continue, following a slight injury to his left knee after 78 minutes.
Chu Xin Lee had already been warming up, and came on for
Neeraj Muthyala. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from
Cyril Künzler after 80 minutes, and prevented Grilled from going up another goal.
Khairul Ikmal Ridwan twisted his arm after 83 minutes, but the Manchester player had no trouble continuing the game. With 84 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed
Chu Xin Lee of Grilled to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 7. With 84 minutes played,
Moey Xin Seng 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. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 5 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 0 - 7. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.
The most dominating Manchester player was without a doubt
Miguel Vandenabbeele.
Li Heng Yao was a disappointment, however. Grilled's best player was
Chu Xin Lee.
Manuel Vadalà on the other hand, had a terrible day.