JR 1 - 0 Grilled
The 14328 spectators at
Tarpots Rec. were in for an afternoon of sunshine.
Kalisto De Vos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Rickard Hansson and
Fredemar Kronenberg. It was a very hot day and some players suffered from this, especially those relying on tough physical play or a lot of fast runs. For the technical ones, on the other hand, this was ideal conditions. The match took place on neutral ground. JR's starters:
Spina -
Espersen,
T�hk�,
Wen Jia,
Moortgat,
Blairon -
Nahlan,
Liebig,
Larizza,
Rainieri,
Heumann -.
The following players had been chosen by Grilled:
Germanakos -
Mohammad Harun,
Keng Chuan -
Teck Fu,
An Keng,
Chitre,
Khairul,
Baena -
Ze Han,
Chuan Yong,
Parvathaneni.
JR Football Club started the game in a 5-5-0 formation, whereas Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle, taking advantage of their extra-terrestrial (16) level with that tactic. Grilled's
Kalki Parvathaneni had seen it all before, so he waited patiently for the right opportunity. He would get no better chance than the one he took, but his shot was deftly blocked by the keeper. Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Deep into his own defensive territory,
Juha-Matti T�hk� outdribbled first one, and then another, opponent, to find himself with a golden opportunity of time to turn the direction of play around for his team. JR almost scored after a counterattack 22 minutes into the match, but
Dario Rainieri took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. With the clock showing 32 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of JR resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by
Lam Wen Jia in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.
As the 46 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Lim An Keng reluctantly made way for
Chia Kwang Tse on the pitch. After 46 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Enrique Baena off the field.
Paulino Trindade took his place. 60 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
Moey Xin Seng came on for
Teo Chuan Yong. Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead.
Lam Wen Jia of JR received a yellow card after 65 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 72 minutes played
Juha-Matti T�hk� almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. As neither team had managed to win, extra time was called. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.
With 100 minutes played,
Chia Kwang Tse of Grilled fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.
Dieter Heumann finished off the counterattack of JR from the left rather easily, making the score 1 - 0. It was almost a goal for Grilled following
Moey Xin Seng's good header after a corner, it went just over the bar though. The match ends 1 - 0. Most important JR player was
Renaat Blairon. However,
Dario Rainieri made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's best player was
Chan Ze Han. On the other hand,
Bilal Mohammad Harun's play was disheartening.