Top Two Pull Away
There was no change in relative positions in the table, with Arrogancae and CharlesCheesePie both keeping clean sheets in their race to finish first, their victims being The Unbelieveable and newbies are newbies respectively. It never rains but it pours, and newbies, who are all but mathematically relegated, had to stare a long-term injury to promising young midfielder Raja Sahu in the face as well.
Temasek Lions, whom Grilled will welcome to The Cooking Pot next Sunday, have concerns of their own as important forward Chia Xin Meng was stretchered off in the 81st minute of their valiant 1-3 defeat to a near-unbreakable heimu XI. Former Looprevil F.C. midfielder Venkata-Giri Sinha was the undisputed standout as he orchestrated everything, only to be stymied by heimu's watertight backline.
Niculae Stanca however refused to concentrate on Sinha in his evaluation. "He's an extremely good player, no doubt, but the Lions are a real bundle of potential, that hasn't been borne out by their results yet. Even without Chia, we anticipate that Lee Puay Wen will prove a stiff challenge to our defenders."
What Stanca left unsaid, but is making the rounds of the local sports pages, is that Grilled's main midfielders are precariously close to being suspended, with
lu Zunwen,
Zhu Changchun and
Seytek Djekshenkulov all on two yellows. Stanca gave no indication whether he might elect to rest some of them against Temasek, as he did against newbies, however.