Be Champions FC entered the field in a 4-4-2 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup.Underestimation of the opposition made Grilled players perform way below their normal capacity.Champions's Wei Lee Ping was shown a yellow card after 5 minutes for slicing down an opponent.Having taken a hard knock between his legs, Florus Romijn limped off the pitch in a reduced state of dignity. He could not continue, managing only 5 minutes for his team this day.This gave Prokop Mottl a chance to take to the field instead.The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni after 16 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead.After 26 minutes, Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni swiftly ran past Wilfred Yan and nutmegged the keeper! 0 - 2.Prokop Mottl increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3.Grilled's Kalki Parvathaneni was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 35 minutes.The visitors' 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 38 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Grilled.After 40 minutes, Wong Yeow Cheng slowly got up on his feet, clutching his left thigh, but eventually signalled that he was ready to play on. Vikram Mudaliar of Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 42 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5.Marquise Yang got a fingertip on Cyril Künzler's shot from the left 43 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal.It was 0 - 5 at the break.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 83 percent of the time.
The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Moey Xin Seng after 46 minutes.The Grilled captaincy was handed to Moey Xin Seng.Bilal Mohammad Harun left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Hoàng Trung Quá was the replacement.48 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 6 as Chan Ze Han finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick.The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Kok Chi Wan from Champions a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 57 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!Chan Ze Han was unable to continue, following a slight injury to his left knee after 58 minutes.Grilled had no available replacements, leaving the team a man short.After 70 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed Prokop Mottl to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 7.Kannan Thomas of Champions was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.After 84 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Chu Xin Lee who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 8.The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 5 minutes beyond the regular 90 minutes.After the ball was lifted in from the left, Chu Xin Lee was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 91 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.The match ends 0 - 8.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 85 percent.
The most dominating Champions player was without a doubt Jeffery Sang.On the other hand, Marquise Yang's play was disheartening.Kalki Parvathaneni performed admirably for Grilled.Hoàng Trung Quá turned in a dismal performance, however.