Double Kill
Mourão Sends Signal
Grilled attracted the second-highest home friendly crowd in their history as just over 6000 turned up at The Cooking Pot to watch them dismiss Senegal Division 1 club lazioDK by four goals to nothing, a tally surpassed only by the 6382 that came for Brazillian representatives Jabaquara Atlético Clube when it was still known as Gamma Stadium.
The visitors gamely lined up with an attacking 4-3-3, with a multinational frontline composed of trainees from France, Italy and Romania. Much would depend on 26 year-old midfielder Luca Gandolfi, but he would find the going hard without adequate backup.
Edvaldo Mourão, who has scored twice in his four competitive appearances this season, continued his admirable record as he got Grilled going in the fifth minute. Despite being relegated to a reserve role, the Portuguese had never lost his hunger for playing, and his decision-making served him well as he chose to test keeper Amos Tessler from distance.
Despite that bright start, the match would be finely-balanced for the half, as lazioDK carved out a good opportunity for themselves in the 23rd minute, after a clearly not match-fit
Walter Ross was overrun. Mosè Zampol helped the following pass onto the top corner, but much-maligned Peruvian goalie
Alvaro Silvera responded with a tremendous save.
The game then settled into a rut, and perhaps a thousand spectators had left when it exploded back into life. With eight minutes remaining, young
Fan Xiuyu danced around Niv Faran and smashed a thunderous effort past Tessler. Zampol would try again to reduce the deficit, but found Silvera in the form of his life.
Tessler salvaged his reputation somewhat as he bravely threw himself in the way of a painful Mausisa strike, but he couldn't get near
Tian Yonghang's header a couple of minutes later, as the lad predicted where Behr's connecting header would end up. Tian, who had been low on confidence in the previous weeks, looked extremely relieved at getting back on track.
Mourão would complete his brace thanks to an intelligent sidefooted ball by Safrinho that took out the central defenders, while Josefsson spurned a chance to add to his tally after Mausisa went on another of his runs from deep to supply him with the ball from a corner.
