Syrian Draw
Grilled's resounding victory today would help the local II.2 share the spoils with the Syrian II.4, with results not exactly going the Singaporean clubs' way, in the other two fixtures. newbies are newbies had to delve deep to find two late goals against five-time Challenger Cup winners Fantamagic II, who had carved up their defence via solo brilliance by Laurenţiu Tudorache and Pit Schäding not long before that.
Glory Paradiso fought hard too, but after FC Martin RS went three up - including a brace from livewire Cuban forward Joaquín Soares - their pressing approach would only prove counterproductive. Some late adventure saw Timian Jacobsen and Idhlan Abdul Fattah pull it back to 2-4, which raised the question of whether Paradiso should just have attacked them from the start.
