Padstow Go Gratzie
It has been a big week for
Gandhik Chitre, with his brace against Nordstar Ravens F.C. followed up by his first official goal versus the Flowers today.
Chan Ze Han praised the Number Nineteen's instincts. "He's one of those players who has the ultimate target always on his mind." Chan analyzed. "I think it's something to like."
This will have the Birds advance to take on JR Football Club in the third round of the Ruby Challenger Cup, with Farmer Bunnies however dumped out of the competition after losing a penalty shootout against Padstow Pirates. It was admittedly a feat coming from 0-3 behind before that, after Liao Li Dong absolutely ravaged the Buns' defence in the first half.
Mushtag Al-Nameeri gave them something to fight for with an immediate answer in the 39th minute, fortunately, and free-kick conversions by
Vitaliy Efendiev and
Amirul Jufri Khairil forced extra time, and eventually penalties.
As with the match proper, the Buns had to fight back from behind as Padstow went 2-0 up with Liao bagging their third take past
Gabriel Luke, before Demetri Liu's cool take and Norton Galeão's narrow miss had the teams back on level terms. They then traded textbook executions to tie at 3-3 after the first five apiece, before Stefan Gratzei guessed correctly on
Lim Su Liang's competent attempt.
"That sucked." Lim commented afterwards.
Grilled International's own Ruby adventure would end too, as they were picked apart by American H.I. V.31 competitors Show me soccer. The Missouri club would handily outrun International in their yellow tops, and were 5-1 up by the 52nd minute on very efficient scoring.
Sazwan bin Hj Muhd Salleh disappointed with a bad penalty miss nine minutes later, and although
Li Xin Chi and
Wang Chu Chi did get their goals, this would still end in a clear 6-3 result for the Americans.