Calls Heat Up
The quite shameful whitewash, in front of over 33000 spectators, only further incensed Grilled's already dissatisfied supporter base. Sentiment had gotten so bad that the club felt it necessary to put out an official statement hours after the loss, pleading with the fans to continue backing
Djan Bacelar... for the moment, at least.
Moey Xin Seng was put in the unenviable role of having to explain the latest setback, immediately after taking flak for being placed in a position that he was not suited to. The charismatic 21 year-old handled it as well as could have been expected, though, and it appears to have staved the mob off, for a little longer.
Farmer Bunnies meanwhile advanced to the third round with a 2-0 victory over NEC, thanks to a 62nd-minute chip by a rehabilitated
Wong Ting Yew being followed by yet another
Vishnu Tallapaka free-kick strike.
Tham Leng Teck had to go off with a pulled back after about half an hour, but thankfully it has been diagnosed to be nothing too serious.
Grilled International racked up their largest margin of victory thus far, as they hit nine past semi-pro Belarus club Ekanamist Sluck's Uladzimir Lashkevich. Somehow, no hat-tricks were included, and Aliaksej Zmachynski spoilt
Azni bin Raimi's clean sheet with a cheeky try, but International were certainly over the moon.
Youngsters
Franciszek Jaźwiecki and
Romano Armellin, who finally opened their professional goal accounts, described it as the best day of their lives. "It was all a rush." Jaźwiecki said. "Hopefully I get to experience it again soon, and often."
