Thrown Wide Open
The Grilled fans in attendance could hardly believe their luck, and many were seen taking photos of the scoreboard after the final whistle. "They say it's Penguins' heaviest league defeat in fifteen seasons in the S-League." financial planner Kumuda Mehrotra gushed. "I have not seen our side dictate like this for a very long time!"
With Isle of Flames beating Be Champions FC 4-3 on the back of a Matthias Trémoulet double, Grilled are again level with them on points, which has inevitably brought up the possibility of
actually going for the Big One. Grilled Birds head coach
Djan Bacelar however steadfastedly refused to be drawn into such speculation.
"First off, I have to say that we were extremely fortunate today. Maybe we deserved the points, but six-nil was certainly unfair to Penguins. They likely know as well as anyone that these things happen, and we wish them every success in Wednesday's Cup final."
"And on all that title talk, we should probably leave it until after we take on BCFC next week. It is no secret that they and Penguins have the most balanced squads by some distance, but as Flames demonstrated today, nothing's absolute. Shining Lights can hardly be discounted either. This has to be one of the closest S-League races of all time!"
Supporting Bacelar's assessment, Lights worked their way into third place, ahead of Penguins, with a commanding 2-0 home win over Pearl Divers, after a muted first half; Divers had several fine counterattacks, but did not make them count. If it is of any consolation to Penguins, their finals opposition singnet_utd will not ride in on the back of a win either, as they were narrowly beaten, 1-2, by United Warrior Team.
"It's fair to say that both Penguins and singnet_utd very much had one eye on the Cup today." Bacelar continued. "I'm relieved to have secured my tickets early."
Farmer Bunnies were installed as favourites to take IV.13 after they hammered closest challengers FC Durian by seven goals, with Romanian wide man
Milán Bolgár continuing his incredible season with a hat-trick.
Ermis Ftenopoulos added two, but
Tham Leng Teck will have to sit out against Joshuadx after collecting two yellow cards in the space of 74 minutes.
