The crowd of 49810 turning up at ReducedToRubble today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Joaquín Villaseca was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luay Dalal and Karlos Pardo García.The rain was pouring down, it was the kind of weather favoured by strong players who stick to simple football. For players possessing of speed or technical skills, the day really was as grim as for everyone else. All of Jurong was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby.The following players had been chosen: Hernalsteen - Abdul Rahim Sufyan, Ariton, Chee Chu - Kamat, Tze Chao, Ricke, Yie, Rey - Schachner, Oscate.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 3-5-2 formation while the visitors instead opted for 2-5-3.Grilled's Neeraj Muthyala managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 12 minutes. 0 - 1.A drive down the left side allowed Moey Xin Seng to get in close and score another goal for Grilled after 24 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2.25 minutes into the game -Blitz- broke through on the left wing and Elias Yie managed to reduce the lead to 1 - 2.The home crowd was not impressed when 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 34 minutes. Grilled were now up 1 - 3.The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when Franz Schachner scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 2 - 3.41 minutes into the match, Grilled's Chu Xin Lee popped up from nowhere, cheekily stole the ball off an opposition player and scored. 2 - 4.After 42 minutes, Ho Chee Chu had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for -Blitz- with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar.2 - 4 was the score after the first half.-Blitz- enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.
-Blitz- didn't give in and with 52 minutes played Franz Schachner was able to make the score 3 - 4 after an attack on the right.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, 雄輝 (Yuki) 入江 (Irie) came on for Hoàng Trung Quá.Grilled increased their lead after 68 minutes when Islom Davlatov broke through on the right, upping the score to 3 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay.Ricardo Rey was doing a great job on his wing, sending in brilliant passes to his teammates in the middle, but Nie Tze Chao seemed unable to profit from this excellent service.The home crowd were delighted when Ricardo Rey scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 4 - 5. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure!The visitors almost increased their lead after 81 minutes when a sweetly hit free kick looked like it was heading for the top corner. However the keeper managed to get a fingertip to it, sending it over the bar.Moey Xin Seng increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 4 - 6.The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 2 minutes beyond the regular 90 minutes.The match ends 4 - 6.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by -Blitz-, with 53 percent of the ball.
Rogger Oscate performed admirably for -Blitz-.Ho Chee Chu on the other hand, had a terrible day.Grilled's best player was Moey Xin Seng.On the other hand, Chan Ze Han's play was disheartening.
