Admission Of Bias
Moey Xin Seng, who found the winning third goal, was open about Grilled lucking their way to victory today. "That glancing header? If I tried it ten times in training, without anybody marking, it would probably go that way once, perhaps twice tops. But it happened."
"Then again, perhaps it would have been better for this to have been reserved for a league game." the skipper mused. "Fortune can be very fickle."
Czech Liverpool breezed through as Group A winners by hammering Nordstar Ravens F.C. 5-1, more or less as expected, which leaves the Birds to face Group D top dogs Zeedijk Warriors. The Suriname H.I. V.240 leaders had gone from strength to strength, beginning with a narrow 3-2 over The Jamaican Masieta, then a 3-0 shutout of Cool Runnings II, and finally a 6-0 sweep of Kasuka FC-GER.
Chan Ze Han remained fancying the club's chances, though. "If the ball falls for us as it did today, we could even win it all!"