Worthy Warning
The Grilled players sunk to the pitch almost as once, as their Karamay counterparts welcomed the final whistle, if more out of weariness than dejection. "We have some ways to go against disciplined defensive sides." skipper
Moey Xin Seng noted. "Yeah, I guess I'm repeating myself by this point."
Vikram Mudaliar credited Claudiu Tocileanu with maintaining a clean sheet against Grilled's many efforts, while also acknowledging Karamay's defenders. "If they had only one or the other, we might yet have scored, but both of them being on top of their game was too much. We weren't that far away either, in my opinion, and better now than in the league."
With their win, Karamay FC advanced to the finals together with Honduran Liga Nacional club Gruppo Icat, who edged Panama's Heineken P.F.C. 2-1 helped greatly by Avery Sheridan's lightning first-minute strike direct from kick-off. Mudaliar wished Gruppo well on completing the task before them. "They may need it."
