Bacelar Bowed
With the defeat, Grilled find themselves already eight points adrift of the early leaders, and coupled with the loss of crucial team member
Wong Tian Han, head coach
Djan Bacelar more or less threw in the towel.
"The doctors tell me that Wong will be out for a month with torn knee ligaments, and while I think we can cope, the title's definitely beyond us now." the Brazilian assessed. "Well, it was something of a long shot from the start."
Bacelar could not help but praise Pudgy Penguins. "Like Be Champions FC, they're reaping the rewards of dedication to youth right now, and you'd be hard pressed to name other local clubs that can match their overall package. Still, I'm proud of our boys for their effort, especially in the first half."
Grilled do have the advantage of hosting Be Champions FC at home for the next round, with the newly-crowned Singapore Masters winners untroubled against Charis FC at home today. Isle of Flames added to singnet_utd's woes with a 2-0 win, as the big-spending Jurong giants continue to perform under expectations. No luck for QUT FC either, as they went zero for five with their latest loss, this one against Pearl Divers.
Farmer Bunnies stayed in seventh spot in III.5 as they lost 0-2 to Heaven Skys, with a lack of concentration by their foreign attackers on their early counterstrikes costing them dearly.
Cheah Chang Ming was the only bright spot in an otherwise naive-looking Bunnies side, with
Berndt Weißhaus displaying some good judgment, but also looking his age.
