Mechs Strafe
One top striker recognized another, as
Chan Ze Han lauded Hunor Inczédi's hat-trick after the game. "I thought I had a good day, but sometimes there's just a bigger dog out there." he joked. "We did take the three points, or else this would have come across as a lot more strained."
Chan would stay a goal ahead of Inczédi and Phantasm Hotspurs' Mak Hao Heng on eight in the scoring stakes, after Mak had also gotten two of his own, in a 7-0 demolition of EF City. Controlar swapped positions with tpyers on their 3-0 home win, while LAVINO QUAY edged Snohodez 3-2 in the battle of the no-hopers, as Aw Yeng Kian's free-kick conversion gave LAVINO their first points.
Tian had good news for the fanbase as he announced that other than
Chad Thach and
Chia Kwang Tse,
Lim An Keng and
Mohd Marzuki Khairul were also on the radar of the national youth squad, for the next Asian Cup. "All this is still tentative, but it's great that Lim and Marzuki especially are still in for their first caps. That should motivate them extra, for the coming league matches!"
It was not quite so hunky-dory for Farmer Bunnies, who sank to a 2-1 loss at WhiteSandsMechs - and they were lucky to escape a heavier drubbing. The Buns somehow weathered a ludicrously one-sided first half-hour until Fortunato Hunziker's booking for a wild tackle on
Vitaliy Efendiev gave them some breathing space, and they moreover parlayed the free-kick into a quality breakaway, from which
Lau Keng Kwang gave them an unlikely lead.
The nastiness then returned with
Toh Eng Guang escaping with a yellow card for a vicious raking of Teemu Siltaoja's left calf, which spurred the hosts to a superb strike by Kami Damskägg barely saved by
Gilberto Sorondo, before Milan Seidel polished off from the cleared corner. Damskägg then won it in the 63rd minute, with Seidel pulling his inner thigh late.
The Buns are now in deep trouble, having been overhauled by the Mechs and dropping to seventh place, although they do have the consolation that Singapore Foodies - dumped 8-0 by the McCoys today - are all but guaranteed to take up one of the relegation spots. Brighton UK pulled off a 4-2 upset of Bot Team FC in the match of the round, which had Mangrove Pittas take over as league leaders following a clean 4-1 rout of Leeds Celts, despite Omidreza Nabati's late dismissal.
Grilled International had to endure Emad Al-Tarabla's early strike on the counter before confirming a 3-1 win against Iraq's Black Panther, with
Abdul Hamid bin Hj Ali Timbang finding a brace after coming on for the injured
Chua Jun Long in the 38th minute.
Tommy Dongelmans completed the scoring in between, and fortunately Chua's knee concern turned out to be not very bad.
International dropped a spot despite their win, as Amelinho Kickers boosted their goal difference over them, with their 6-0 away thrashing of Ortega&Cabrerizo. FC Bojons stayed top without taking to the field as Avatar FF gave away another walkover, with Ponyhof snagging a home win thanks to a debatable penalty, slotted home by Matthäus Winkler against Nice AS.
