Marine 0 - 4 Grilled
8507 spectators arrived at
The Pragmatic Elegant Next-gen Intricate Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Reint-Jan Olthuis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Marcello Leone and
Justice Ofosu. The match took place on neutral ground. Marine's lineup was:
Dorr�o -
Petrov,
Rock -
Hock Kwang,
Soon Lee,
Nguyen,
Ho Su,
Ting Yeng -
Ruha,
Franz,
Santos.
Grilled's starters:
Vadal� -
Mangoye,
Hutter -
Teck Fu,
Kwang Tse,
Keng Chuan,
Chitre,
Trindade -
Ze Han,
Mohammad Harun,
Parvathaneni.
As the teams prepared to start the match, they both lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. The visiting
Paulino Trindade was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 5 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. The visitors'
Atang Mangoye took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 9 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled.
Filem�n Dorr�o got a fingertip on
Damian Hutter's shot from the left 14 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. A crazy pass by
Atang Mangoye towards his own keeper almost caused a goal for Marine, but
Peter Franz didn't get the finish right.
Grilled came close to extending their lead as
Chia Kwang Tse delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 30 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. The visitors nearly scored again after 31 minutes, but a superb save by
Filem�n Dorr�o kept
Chan Ze Han's free kick out of the net. The referee showed Marine's
Wong Hock Kwang the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 66 percent of the ball.
46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
Chad Thach came on for
Chia Kwang Tse. Still ahead in the game after 46 minutes, Grilled made some tactical adjustments.
Hwang Teck Fu and
Gandhik Chitre swapped positions.
Chan Ze Han could have put his team up another goal 55 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 60 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Bilal Mohammad Harun gave
Teo Chuan Yong a quick hug as he left the field.
Sami Ruha was unable to continue, following a slight injury to his right knee after 66 minutes. The player that took his place was
Hermelando Vallejos. After 69 minutes, Grilled's
Gandhik Chitre burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3.
Teo Chuan Yong was, after 75 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
Filem�n Dorr�o made the save.
Peter Franz was unable to continue, following a slight injury to his left knee after 76 minutes.
Marwoto Ohan tried to hide a smile as he entered the field. He had not expected to get a chance this day. 83 minutes into the game, Grilled worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch.
Atang Mangoye would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Bhavya Panigrahi entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 85 minutes. Some fine movement on the left led to a Grilled goal after 85 minutes, making it 0 - 4.
Bhavya Panigrahi was noted down as the scorer. The referee announced 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. The match ends 0 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.
Hermelando Vallejos performed admirably for Marine.
Fl�vio Santos on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Chan Ze Han.
Manuel Vadal� was a disappointment, however.