MCFCSS 0 - 8 Grilled
Dark skies made the crowd of 55759 at
Big Nest Arena Singapore a little nervous, but the rain held off.
Erkan Umul was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Eli Gonçalves Graça and
Fedor Ivanitskiy. The match took place on neutral ground. The following players took the field for MCFCSS:
Lollato -
Lai Min,
Guo,
Kumar,
Lam -
Zhou,
Chu,
Chi Kim -
Wee Shi,
Katam,
Trinh.
The following players had been chosen by Grilled:
Vadalà -
中北 (Nakakita),
Kamel -
敬龙 (Jinglong),
Panigrahi,
Webb,
Jeftić,
Dong Chu -
Künzler,
Mudaliar,
Parvathaneni.
MCFCSS FC entered the field in a 4-3-3 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup. For their match strategy, MCFCSS had decided to use their excellent (8) ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Down the middle came
吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong), making a fantastic play that nearly had Grilled take the lead after 3 minutes, but
Candido Lollato preserved the tie. Grilled's
吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 21 minutes with a superb strike from the right. With 23 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed
Vikram Mudaliar of Grilled to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. After 25 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed
吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. 33 minutes into the game, Grilled's
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) rolled over in pain after taking a forceful blow to his upper chest. After bandaging his collarbone, the medics led him off the field.
Radovan Jaška had already been warming up, and came on for
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita). 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 86 percent of possession.
61 minutes into the game, Grilled's
Cyril Künzler rolled over in pain after taking a forceful blow to his upper chest. After bandaging his collarbone, the medics led him off the field. This gave
Moey Xin Seng a chance to take to the field instead. After 65 minutes, Grilled's
Kalki Parvathaneni burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4. With 73 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong). By then
吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) had scored three goals - a hat trick! The head of
Radovan Jaška connected with a corner kick after 75 minutes, and the ball ended up with
Heng Dong Chu of Grilled who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 0 - 6. After 81 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Kalki Parvathaneni who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 7. The referee announced 3 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. Some fine movement on the left led to a Grilled goal after 89 minutes, making it 0 - 8.
Kalki Parvathaneni was noted down as the scorer. At that,
Kalki Parvathaneni was noted down for a hat trick! The match ends 0 - 8. Grilled had most of the ball, with 86 percent of possession.
MCFCSS's best player was
Zane Trinh.
Vinay Katam on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Kalki Parvathaneni performed admirably for Grilled. However,
Radovan Jaška made a disastrous appearance.