newbies are newbies fielded a 5-3-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. newbies were relying on their titanic ability to counter-attack.Some great play up the middle by newbies led to a chance for Rolando Gaztelu to score after 8 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar.9 minutes into the game, Neeraj Muthyala had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide.It emerged that 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) had hurt his left foot after 29 minutes, which led him to abandon the game. The player that took his place was Hoàng Trung Quá.A mistake by the home side's central defence after 31 minutes allowed Cyril Künzler to score for Grilled. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1.newbies mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 33 minutes, but Eric Johnson was unable to convert from short range.With 36 minutes played, Moey Xin Seng nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.newbies showed their counterattack skill 37 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with Eric Johnson scoring uncontested for 1 - 1.newbies's Eric Johnson got himself booked for a foul.40 minutes in the fray, Neeraj Muthyala strained his groin. Had it not been a repeat injury he might have been able to carry on, but in his current state this was out of the question.The replacement for the injured player was Chan Ze Han. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half.Grilled had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.
After 55 minutes, Grilled's Chu Xin Lee surprised everyone as he managed to intercept a pass intended for the opposing keeper and flip it in, making the score 1 - 2.After 62 minutes, Kwok Wan Yau was massaging his right knee with a worried look on his face, but managed to get up in the end. Chu Xin Lee came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over Seetoh Aik Beng but overcooked it and hit the bar instead.Florus Romijn's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 76 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to Cyril Künzler who knocked it in for Grilled. 1 - 3!With 81 minutes played, Yap Chee Tong was very close to reducing the score for newbies with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner.Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let Iman Eshrafi replace Islom Davlatov after 88 minutes.The referee announced 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over.The match ends 1 - 3.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.
