International Pass
A 42 year-old
Yuta Nakakita, who returned to the field as captain for the first half, recognized that his playing days were over. "It's getting harder and harder to keep up in training, and although the management have been generous with their contract extension offers, I will be calling it a day soon."
Otherwise, it was a fairly anonymous day for Grilled's young midfielder, with
Mohd Marzuki Khairul perhaps the most active in trying to make things happen, but to little avail. "The ideas were there."
Prokop Mottl analyzed. "But he just didn't have the physical stats to pull them off. It should be a different story in a few years' time, however."
The Bunnies were on the correct end of the same scoreline as they accepted Cambodian III.3 leaders Diavoli della Cambogia's invitation for a friendly at Infernal Arena, which had
Vitaliy Efendiev and
Tham Leng Teck rack up goals on the counter in the first half. The debuting Rithisak Uy would have several opportunities from free-kicks, but while well-hit, they were not quite good enough to beat
Gabriel Luke. Lê Bình Ðịnh would go off with a groin injury in the 71st, after which
Ibrahim Zahran Al-Maashany turned on the style late.
Grilled International would advance to the next round of the H.I. Sapphire Challenger Cup, as they came back from an early corner setback, converted off the forehead of Kazakh defender Andrey Korabelschikov. Skipper
Safari bin Hj Jali would personally lead the breakout with a brace, with
Tibor Atzenhain adding another, before Korabelschikov made it look dicey with an unlikely second goal in injury time.
Chua Jun Long stated that he really enjoyed the match. "It was a hard-earned win against a good team." the Number 42, who has recently entered the conversation for a first senior national cap, said. "I would like us to keep the same intensity when we face roter on Friday."
