Grilled 3 - 1 Fribourg
The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 2565 had shown up at
The Cooking Pot for the match.
Normunds Liepa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Agner Kofod and
范 (Fan) 廷成 (Tingcheng). The following players had been chosen by Grilled:
Vadalà -
Mangoye,
Keng Chuan -
Teck Fu,
Thach,
Chitre,
Khairul,
Ferzan -
Jian Hui,
Chuan Yong,
田宮 (Tamiya).
The following players took the field for Fribourg:
Zénon -
Hauri,
Schmidi,
Carpentieri,
Zemp -
Aeberhard,
Fauconnier,
Reignier,
Attiger -
Schmider,
Guillet.
Grilled Birds entered the field in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, RB Fribourg, chose to start the game with a 4-4-2 lineup. With 13 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
Sergio Schmider put the ball away for 0 - 1. No matter how hard he tried,
Hwang Teck Fu just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 21 minutes. Coming in from the right, Fribourg had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 22 minutes, but
Yohann Reignier's attempt to finish was easily stopped. With the clock showing 23 minutes played,
Teo Chuan Yong equalised for Grilled after curling a free kick around the defensive wall to make the score 1 - 1. Making his way up the middle 26 minutes into the match,
Egemen Dinçer Ferzan almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert
Barthélémy Zénon blocked it to keep the score level. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 37 minutes, Grilled did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker,
Aw Keng Chuan was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 80 percent.
Christof Hauri would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Jolan Prestat entered the game for Fribourg as the match clock showed 46 minutes. The Fribourg captaincy was handed to
Alfons Schmidi. As the 46 minute mark approached, the Fribourg coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Franco Attiger reluctantly made way for
Phillip Baggenstos on the pitch. 46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Fribourg substitution.
Loïc Brendle came on for
Silvère Fauconnier. After 46 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Chad Thach off the field.
Chia Kwang Tse took his place. Still ahead in the game after 46 minutes, Grilled made some tactical adjustments.
Hwang Teck Fu and
Gandhik Chitre swapped positions. 46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Yee Jian Hui gave
Radovan Jaška a quick hug as he left the field. After 54 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
Hwang Teck Fu might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However,
Barthélémy Zénon made a spectacular save. After 70 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Teo Chuan Yong off the field.
Moey Xin Seng took his place. With
Teo Chuan Yong no longer on the pitch,
Moey Xin Seng became the new set pieces taker. As the captain was no longer on the pitch,
Moey Xin Seng took over the role of being the Grilled captain. With 73 minutes played, Grilled's
Moey Xin Seng almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Grilled increased the lead as
Chia Kwang Tse struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The referee announced 1 minute of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over.
Mohd Marzuki Khairul had a fantastic opportunity to put Grilled up another goal 89 minutes into the match after a pass through the middle set him free, but he fired just over the crossbar. The match ends 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
Moey Xin Seng. On the other hand,
Radovan Jaška's play was disheartening. The most dominating Fribourg player was without a doubt
Jolan Prestat. However,
Barthélémy Zénon made a disastrous appearance.