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Tian Yonghang saw the clinical performance by
Chan Ze Han, as evidence that striking is more a mental game than anything. "Chan will be first to admit that he's one of the slowest in the squad currently - over any distance - but he still scored two today dribbling his man." Tian noted. "His videos will be studied here for a long, long time."
The win was nowhere as resounding as newbies are newbies' against two-time Coppa Cesta holders San Marino ORO s.r.l., as Chen Meng Heng and Tan Chu Chao found hat-tricks in building up a 8-0 final score. Joker 9 did their best against former Coppa Crescentini holders F.C. Zorro in the final fixture, by a brace from Tay Fu Yew was handily surpassed by Greek striker Yiannis Skalidis, as Zorro won 5-2.
Farmer Bunnies lost 1-2 to Jamaican Premier League title challengers Litto JM, having gone ahead in the 31st minute to
Ong Li Jing's drive, after he had kept up with
Arturo Rosano's thirty-yard breakout. Litto were able to create far too much space on the wings, however, and after Dario Abis converted from Alwin Felden in the 52nd minute, former Senegal national star Maodo Fassa won it in the 71st with a big, big header.
That leaves the Buns still looking for their first victory in the World Battle tourney, and with Featureship FC falling 0-3 to Reggae Fry-day, it would be another aggregate loss for the Singaporean II.4 too. frunzelite restored some honour however as they edged Beppos 2-1, with Simão Carvalho Lima firing the crucial second goal past veteran Swiss goalie Marcel Leuba in the 74th.