fc.tower 2 - 6 Grilled
28668 spectators had come to
fc.tower A this cloudy day.
Rami Fakhreddine was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ignacio Col�n and
Gerald J�bstl. fc.tower's starters:
Vuong -
Sel�uker,
Su Ming -
Kian Ping,
Cariolaro,
How Wei,
Szeto,
Omar -
D'Amato,
Lucas,
Cascun.
Grilled fielded:
Germanakos -
Panigrahi,
Hutter -
Baena,
Thach,
Keng Chuan,
An Keng,
Ferzan -
Chuan Yong,
Xin Seng,
Parvathaneni.
2-5-3 was the choice of the day for both coaches. Grilled used their supernatural (14) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. 0 - 1 was the score with 3 minutes played, after
Chad Thach cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Grilled. fc.tower's
Bernard Cascun put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 9 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 19 minutes allowed
Lim An Keng to score for Grilled. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2. Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 23 minutes, Grilled's
Damian Hutter burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.
46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
Gandhik Chitre came on for
Chad Thach. 46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Lim An Keng gave
Chia Kwang Tse a quick hug as he left the field. After 60 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Moey Xin Seng off the field.
Bilal Mohammad Harun took his place.
Bilal Mohammad Harun was the new captain of Grilled - handed the armband by the departing player.
Gandhik Chitre's fine footwork caused nothing but headaches for
Seah How Wei. The keeper wasn't fooled however, and confidently scooped up the ball. With clinical precision, the cross from winger
Enrique Baena found its way to
Bilal Mohammad Harun's head, and a screaming header gave Grilled the goal after 69 minutes played. 1 - 4 Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Grilled, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. The home crowd cheered when, after 74 minutes,
Bilal Mohammad Harun's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. 76 minutes into the match,
Damian Hutter came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. The counterattacks of fc.tower were deadly and 77 minutes into the game,
Martin Lucas received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 2 - 4. Grilled increased their lead after 84 minutes when
Aw Keng Chuan broke through on the right, upping the score to 2 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. Grilled's
Teo Chuan Yong was shown a yellow card after 85 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
Teo Kian Ping went down after twisting his left ankle in minute 85, but was able to continue the match none the less.
Bilal Mohammad Harun was, after 87 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper
Jeremiah Vuong made the save. The Grilled free kick 88 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of
Gandhik Chitre, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 6! As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 3 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 2 - 6. Grilled had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.
fc.tower's top performer was clearly
Martin Lucas.
Joe Szeto on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Aw Keng Chuan.
Teo Chuan Yong turned in a dismal performance, however.