Three Days Later
Eren Serpin could have hardly asked for a better lead-up to the Singapore Cup final. "The guys were magnificent. All they have to do is not to get ahead of themselves, but judging from how everyone's behaved, there should be little danger of that."
Perhaps even more importantly, the team would suffer no new cards or injuries, which leaves Serpin a plethora of tactical options, should he decide to take advantage of them. "I'm spoilt for choice, really." the head coach grinned. "One could hardly bear to leave any of them out. I won't try to hide that
Chan Ze Han will be playing, but how does one pick between Moey's leadership, Bilal's steadiness, Kalki's dynamism and Künzler's experience and set-piece ability, to say nothing of the rest?"
He would also reserve some kind words for the visitors. "Arrogancae were maybe a bit unlucky, and are under some pretty tough circumstances. Their new goalkeeper's strong mentally, from how he made top saves after a bad first half. I await the results of their rebuilding with great interest."
Sarcastic Fringeheads aren't giving up the league title without a bitter fight, from how they destroyed FC Barca Singapore by six goals to one, playing away. Barca do have a Ruby Challenger Cup semifinals against Dragon Devil's coming up, and it's probably fair to say that some of their players had their minds elsewhere. Ryan Kerr and Finn Karlsson collected braces for the defending champions, with Christoph Kolla scoring for the hosts.
This allowed The EV to climb into sixth position, as they edged out a defensive Haha team 3-2 at their The EV Arena, with Alois Štajer greatly impressing. Bot Team FC, of course, enjoyed a timely rest with their walkover at Puh erh, who have regrettably entered administration.
As for the Farmer Bunnies, they would regain some measure of confidence with a two-all draw at kala811s, which while not ideal was definitely a stark improvement over their 2-5 loss to the same, from last week.
Mushtag Al-Nameeri scored early and
Kwek Yun Jie late, to match Laurie Snowdon's double. This allowed both Phantasm Hotspurs and Arcturules to overtake kala811s with home victories, while bottom clubs Real Batigol and FC Tobi 74 were reduced to a sorry mudfight that was destined to end goalless.
Grilled International likewise received a much-needed perk-up, as they overpowered Swiss club Ayko Kickers 5-1, in their Battle for Division IV fixture.
Hardi bin Besar struck twice with flair as International's attacking line found their mojo, which helped IV.59 to a 3-1 aggregate win over IV.7.
