Sabres Rattling
Grilled Birds were not the only ones to enjoy an exotic destination, as the Farmer Bunnies travelled to Grenada to face III.15 club FKZ Sabres, and narrowly came away with a 2-1 win. Antonio Desir lashed an incredible free-kick over the wall and just under the bar in the 31st, impossible to stop for
Arvind Shah, but a panicked touch by Winston Span had them back level five minutes later.
Lau Keng Kwang then won it with a counter 72 minutes in, before the Buns turtled up with
Amirul Jufri Khairil sent off for a violent challenge.
Vishnu Tallapaka found no way to defend Amirul after the fact. "I can't even defend that." the old-timer admitted. "That came very close to us having to impose additional internal discipline, it had nothing to do with football. He's one of the rising defensive stars of local football, but he really has to keep his head!"
Grilled International hosted Saint Vincent and the Grenadines III.8 representatives Mottos Boyz III, and won 3-0 with goals from
Phua Li Kong,
Chua Jun Long and
Arcadi Sansalvador, all coming in a glittering stretch between the 71st and 76th minutes. The Boyz might have snatched the lead before that, but Isidre Piqueras wasn't alert on Spencer Black's genius through pass, and it was over once the return ball was scarfed up by Phua. Before that, promising Vietnamese winger Trần Phương Thể had been injured towards the end of the first half, which reduced their already-flagging attacking power.