Tigers 6 - 2 Grilled
Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 50010 to
The sixth road.
Aziz Saad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Gian Maria Mazzolani and
Joan Porres. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Jurong derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Tigers fielded:
Pelleboer -
Fresta,
Kornatka,
Tizzano -
Zlomušica,
Boymurodov,
Ciocănaru,
Halim,
Malovaný -
Séllei,
Guo.
Grilled's starters:
Law -
Mohammad Harun,
Keng Chuan,
Chuan Yong -
Trindade,
An Keng,
Teck Fu,
Khairul,
Baena -
Ze Han,
Xin Seng.
The teams both lined up their players in 3-5-2 formations. Grilled clearly preferred using their extra-terrestrial (16) ability to attack in the middle. It was showtime for artist
Mór Séllei who showed off his technical mastery when he rounded
Lim An Keng and finished with a goal to make the score 1 - 0.
Mór Séllei increased the lead for Tigers to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Cheers filled the stadium as
Travis Guo broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Tigers. 33 minutes into the game, Tigers seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate (5). The home crowd was silenced as
Bilal Mohammad Harun took a successful penalty shot 41 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 3 - 1. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Tigers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.
A review of the gameplan helped Tigers get back to a solid (7) organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. 46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
Chia Kwang Tse came on for
Lim An Keng. After 68 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Tavi Ciocănaru might have resulted in another goal for Tigers. However,
Cameron Law made a spectacular save. 70 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Tadeáš Malovaný broke through, making the score 4 - 1 for Tigers. The away team improved the scoreline to 4 - 2, as
Enrique Baena struck home, set up well by a play on the left 71 minutes into the match.
Tavi Ciocănaru of Tigers was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 79 minutes played,
Aw Keng Chuan of Grilled fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 80 minutes,
Mór Séllei put Tigers ahead 5 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. At that,
Mór Séllei was noted down for a hat trick! 82 minutes in, Tigers's
Adin Zlomušica received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 84 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and
Adin Zlomušica gave the Tigers supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 2. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 3 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 6 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Tigers, with 54 percent of the ball.
Tigers's best player was
Hein Pelleboer. On the other hand,
Raja Nooh Halim's play was disheartening.
Chan Ze Han performed admirably for Grilled.
Enrique Baena on the other hand, had a terrible day.