Grilled 4 - 1 Tuas
Clear skies welcomed the spectators who had made their way to the stadium today. Lineup:
Germanakos -
Keng Chuan,
Hutter -
Reddy,
Thach,
An Keng,
Khairul,
Parada -
Reece,
Ming Xin,
Tokarz.
Starters:
Popov -
Dusautoir,
Schrofner,
Carbonnet -
Kwang Han,
Auberger,
Blumberg,
Moore,
Liu -
Fletcher,
Weerasinghe.
Grilled Birds trundled out to the pitch in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, Tuas' Old Boys FC, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup. Grilled's coach was furious with
Federico Parada after he picked up a yellow for saying one too many words to the ref.
Orest Tokarz gave Grilled the 1 - 0 lead, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball at the keeper's right post – what a clinical finish! After a play down the right 34 minutes into the match, Grilled's
Phua Ming Xin unleashed a ferocious shot that smashed into the roof of the net - after going over the crossbar. Cheers filled the stadium as
Phua Ming Xin broke through the visitors' central defense to put away the 2 - 0 goal for Grilled. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased Grilled's lead to 3 - 0 as
Federico Parada finished it off clinically, firing the shot from a terrible angle. A late sliding challenge from
Federico Parada was deemed to be reckless, which earned him his second yellow card and left Grilled down a man. As
Federico Parada left the field, the coach signaled to
Aw Keng Chuan to be the new set pieces taker. As Grilled's captain went off, he handed the armband to
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 57 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.
With 57 minutes played,
Mustafa Blumberg had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot from the middle nicked the post and went out. The home team's lead was reduced to 3 - 1 after Tuas's
Darren Fletcher took advantage of a misunderstanding in the center of the defense. With the clock showing 89 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Phua Ming Xin looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
Ibnou Balde, though he would have liked to continue. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Paulino Trindade came on for
Damian Hutter. It was announced by the fourth official that he estimated stoppage time to be around 2 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match!
Paulino Trindade gave Grilled supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1 after 90 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. The match ends 4 - 1. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop! Grilled's top performer was clearly
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy. Speaking of stinking up the place,
Paulino Trindade sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.
Darren Fletcher performed admirably for Tuas. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Kiril Popov seemed to stumble all over the pitch.