Bedeviled By Dragons
The five minutes of injury time in Toa Payoh seemed to drag for longer than usual, given the hostile atmosphere, but it would eventually run out - and the Birds stay top of II.4. SingaStyle would keep pace with their own 2-0 breakdown of a stubborn Ramseille Volliard FC, with the other two fixtures ending goalless.
"That was messy." forward
Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud commented afterwards. "We all saw that it was physical through and through, and the weather didn't help. It's a bit harder to keep one's cool when it feels like one can fry an egg on his own head. Well, we got the win."
Farmer Bunnies fell to their first defeat of the season against new III.9 leaders Dragon Devil's, whose developing local terrible threesome of Verma, Lam and Chia was good enough to penetrate the Buns' defences twice. Lam Cheng Kang opened in the 20th minute after
Gilberto Sorondo could only parry Verma's strike weakly towards him, and Hari Bangara confirmed the home victory late in the second half.
Kungfu 11 overtook the Buns on points too, if with a surprisingly difficult time against the Rain Walkers with a reduced squad, as they prepare to go all the way in the Singapore Consolation Cup. H0u9ang R0ver5 are in fourth just a point behind after denying Really McCoys 2-0, while headache pulled further clear of the bottom three by just about seeing off a strong Leeds Celts challenge. Aleksander Sromek eventually found the winner, for a 2-1 final score.
No change in fortunes for Grilled International, whose knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory continued in the Battle for Division IV tourney, with a third straight loss. On paper, they should have edged IV.35's Buraydah 96, but the Saudi representatives were carried by Uday Tourani's inventiveness, before veteran winger Bashar Abdulwahed Al-Nabhany stole it in injury time, 4-3. With The Sun men barely drawing A.L.A.N. 2019 and Al Khanal also falling to Sinclair C5, IV.54 will have to wait yet for their first win as a league.
