Grilled International trainee Pritam Waghmare caught the last bus out, so to speak, as the soon-to-be eighteen year-old linked up with Finnish Hattrick Anniversay League club Playboys Helsinki. Niko Hyytiäinen had scoured Europe for his first five acquisitions, but the would-be winger somehow caught his eye, probably aided by the tireless promotion of Bees scout Daud bin Radiman.

Truth be told, Waghmare had been on the brink of quitting the search and taking on an apprenticeship, after close to seven fruitless weeks. "I had been talking it over with my parents, and we agreed on giving it one last week." the youngster said. "It turned out all right after all."

The same could not be said for Grilled International, who were destroyed by Rohan 1-6 in the season opener, with Chua Jun Long's opportunistic fourth-minute strike raising a heck a lot of false hope. They were doing quite well for the first half an hour, actually, and Wang Hanxuan could legitimately have made it two-up, as he drew possibly one of Tobias Haunsperger's best saves of his career. That, however, made the ensuing slow collapse only the more bitter.

At least one disgruntled International supporter would be videoed tearing up his season ticket after the crushing defeat, with head coach Didi Reidenbach almost at a loss for words. "I see it's going to be harder than I thought." he eventually managed. "My apologies."

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