Mister Consistent
Grilled Birds would at least end this Supporter Week Trophy campaign unbeaten on the last day, beginning with a 6-1 pummeling of Australian IV.43 side Jovan F.C.; Nándor Kelemen and Emil Hankó, signed together for a combined total of close to S$16 million from Hungarian club Kisember FC"2005", would exhibit a remarkable mutual understanding in midfield, but that was far from enough. By the time Lucas Trinh slid one in on the counter, they were already five down, and
Lim An Keng would top it back up with a nice finish after that.
Chan Ze Han would give up several fair chances to collect a hat-trick then, and while he scored against Mexican fourth divisioners Germania FV next too, it would be
Bilal Mohammad Harun who would steal the show from midfield again, though in that Bilal would be matched by 19 year-old German forward Kristian Erik Binmöller. Binmöller would be lethal attacking crosses, which had him notch two headers in this 3-3 draw.
It would be Chan to equalize from Kalle Henriksson's opener in the 50th minute, as the Birds grabbed a 2-1 win against just-promoted Swedish IV.150 representatives Blood on the Tracks FC, who have won eleven straight in competitive play. This had the Birds end the tournament in 7520th place, which was not quite enough to have them in Singapore's top ten - St. Xavier's FC's had the nation's best showing, in 131st.
Farmer Bunnies would move Vietnamese defender
Nguyễn Văn Chương to Portuguese V.156 club Mais ou Menos FC for a round S$8 million today after five decent seasons, which sadly represented a S$7.2 million cut in his value. Nguyễn would feature in all three of the Buns' games, but would sadly not manage a win today, what with the Buns not even managing to score. Andorran III.2 runners-up Lucasperruno Andorra Team would at least not do so either, though they had the closest shave of the match via Martín 'Capgròs' Alaña's header off a corner.
Swedish III.59 club vatolocos had no such issues, and after Jari Litmanen beat
Gilberto Sorondo from more corner chaos in the 13th minute, Fermín Dupuy would volley another home, with Ronaldo making the most of another corner in the second half. Another nil-all looked on the cards with Trinidad & Tobago Division Three team Targaryen Dragaons, until American winger Brandon Griffin flighted a free-kick in, four minutes from time.
This had Farmer Bunnies plunge as low as 15673rd on a 3-4-3 record, which gaffer
Dalibor Kostadinović put down to poor defending on set pieces. "It's an area that has been neglected." he admitted. "And it doesn't help that we have been giving away a lot more of them too."
Grilled International, then, can be rightly proud of their 1349th placing - their best ever, outdoing the 1852nd they had managed four years ago. Canada's Ptarmigan Bay engaged them throughout in a 6-4 rollercoaster, but
Hardi bin Besar would turn out to be the third division club's nemesis, as he bagged a near-unbelievable hat-trick in the final seven minutes, outshining Scottish international Rocky Shore's feat of two in the last ten.
An 0-8 blowout against Peruvian III.1 slayers GAJO was next, as International broke against their opponents' uncompromising five-man backline. They would strive to put it all behind them as they confronted German Division Six club Lokomotive Sendling to end the tourney, and Hardi would give them the all-important 2-1 lead, with
Safari bin Hj Jali and
Sazwan bin Hj Muhd Salleh putting their seal on what would be a 4-2 result.
Hardi would understandably be the talk of the town for his display against Ptarmigan Bay, which has considerably shortened his odds of being the club's top scorer for the next season, so it seems. Not that the man himself thought that made much sense. "I didn't plan for that, just so you know. The ball just kept coming to me when I was well placed."
