InterNico Trap
It was evident that the result could hardly be used to judge Grilled's preparations, given
Kalki Parvathaneni's blow-off after barely four minutes. The forward couldn't explain why he did it, either. "I really don't know." he apologized. "I do know that it's let the team down."
Hovaness Noubaryan had little to add to that, and it wouldn't matter much anyhow, as the A Lyga sides crushed Singapore's II.4 representatives in the other contests of the round. Real ChamWin F.C were on the receiving end of a Peter-Jan Dejaeghere hat-trick in a 0-6 hiding from FK Šilalės barkštis, while Benfleet Branch were stopped 0-5 by FC Pucinis.
Grilled International also suffered defeat in the league, as they were surprised 2-4 by Denmark's FC InterNico BK.
Safari bin Hj Jali and
Fausto Perono gave International the lead in turn, but they hadn't counted on InterNico's dedication to the soak-and-strike. Converted defender
Arcadi Sansalvador was obviously not yet at home in his new position, which the opposing forwards were only too happy to exploit.
Wang Hanxuan however refused to assign blame. "We have a challenging doubleheader against Dihania next, what we should be doing is to band together. SR Team International may have opened a three point lead at the top, but it's nothing that can't be dealt with."
