United 0 - 8 Grilled
Clear skies welcomed the 12000 spectators who had made their way to
The Arena.
Vijay Crosbie was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Gustavo Viales and
Sako Smulders. United fielded:
Bahgat -
Bhagwat,
Danh,
Vookanti,
Saifuddin -
Mohamad,
Long Long,
Wong,
Leng Aik -
Loong Hao,
Eng Chin.
Grilled's lineup was:
Vadalà -
中北 (Nakakita),
Panigrahi -
敬龙 (Jinglong),
ter Berg,
Chuan Yong,
Xin Lee,
Dong Chu -
Mottl,
Mudaliar,
Velho.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 4-4-2 formation while the visitors instead opted for 2-5-3. United could have put themselves ahead after 13 minutes but
Adrian Wong missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. The visiting
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 14 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. 15 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as
Vikram Mudaliar finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. 18 minutes into the game, Grilled's
Bhavya Panigrahi took a seemingly painful knock to his chest. However, he gritted his teeth and decided to play on. With the scoreboard showing that 24 minutes had been played, Grilled nearly put themselves up another goal after
悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. Some fine movement on the left led to a Grilled goal after 31 minutes, making it 0 - 3.
Chu Xin Lee was noted down as the scorer. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.
With 59 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 - 4. The visitors'
Heng Dong Chu took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 63 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Grilled.
Heng Dong Chu received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 64 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 6. The Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) came on for
Prokop Mottl. 89 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
José Luiz Velho gave
Radovan Jaška a quick hug as he left the field. The referee announced 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. After 89 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
Vikram Mudaliar a chance to increase the lead for Grilled, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 7. At that,
Vikram Mudaliar was noted down for a hat trick!
Rufus Danh of United was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A drive down the left side allowed
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) to get in close and score another goal for Grilled after 90 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 8. The match ends 0 - 8. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 70 percent of possession.
Most important United player was
Adrian Wong. On the other hand,
Shaker Bahgat's play was disheartening. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Vikram Mudaliar.
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) on the other hand, had a terrible day.