Headache Blanked
That was certainly an explosive introduction to SingaStyle for Grilled Birds, and despite having struck thrice against them, captain fantastic
Moey Xin Seng recognized a very bright immediate future for the City club. "They have a top bunch all entering their prime years together, as we had six or seven years ago." Moey noted. "If they keep it together, it's highly likely they reap a couple more Challenger Cups at least before they're done - or better."
Moey's hat-trick sees him surge to the top of the scoring charts at seven already after just five rounds, two ahead of SingaStyle's Roman Mullens, and teammates
Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud and
Vikram Mudaliar. As for
Douglas Carapaica's very-obvious mistakes that contributed to two of SingaStyle's goals, Moey would label them as out of character for the former Panama youth international. "It's unfortunate, and I don't think we will see a repeat of that."
Despite dropping points, Grilled would ascend to the top of II.4, after Moeinsingapore administered a shock 5-1 thrashing to former leaders Ang Mohs in flip flops. Truth be told, this wasn't quite reflective of the tenor of that match, and the Ang Mohs deserved a lot more than Amani Mokhtar's late consolation. Blacksail Team got an upset win too as they overturned Ramseille Volliard FC 0-2 away against all odds, as Club Dinosauria and Arrogancae played out a desperate and contentious one-all draw - including five yellow cards - that did neither club's fortunes much good.
Farmer Bunnies would likewise stay top of III.9 despite dropped points, thanks to the buffer that they had built up. They hardly wanted for counterattacking chances against Holland visitors headache, but their defence - and Peter Yigit in goal - shut it all down. Further's Raj Anchan nearly went from villian to hero, with his terrible 65th minute mistake somehow not pounced on by
Vitaliy Efendiev, and his 84th minute flock-on from a corner nearly converted by Miroslav Simić.
With no further cup commitments, captain for the day
Xue Kangfang admitted that they owed the fans a serious run at the title. "On hindsight, we should perhaps have put more into attacking from the beginning today. By the time we adjusted, it was too late."
Grilled International's latest indifferent season continued in the Battle for Division IV tournament, as they were no match for Italian side VA PENSIERO. While bottom of IV.60, PENSIERO had more than enough about them to win 3-1 courtesy of a Nicola Locatelli brace, with
Subhi bin Hj Ahmad scoring International's only goal from a 12th minute corner. This left The Sun men and Al Khanal to again bail them out, with a win and a draw as in the previous round.
