Vasas 1 - 5 Grilled Birds
Marred Wait
According to the travelling Birds after the game, simply being allowed to play - and with the fear of the club being disbanded gone - was a blessing in itself. "They say that you don't know what you're missing, until it's taken from you."
Lim An Keng remarked. "They're right."
There would be a similar sentiment at Farmer Bunnies and Grilled International, who had come under the same restrictions due to being under the same management umbrella. Both had to scramble to secure late friendly engagements too, with the Buns arranging a trip to Poland VII.444 side Elektryczne Kalafiory. Esaú Rodrigues came close to giving Kalafiory the lead entirely against the run of play, from a corner three minutes into the second half, and Farmer needed
Lau Keng Kwang to take this for them, 73 minutes in.
Amirul Jufri Khairil had to grit his teeth to get through the match after jarring his shoulder on his first tackle very early on, and
Vishnu Tallapaka was mostly relieved that the injury was not reaggravated. "Another time, I would probably have taken him off, but I didn't really have the heart to do it today."
Grilled International snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against SC Beira-Mar 2, as the Portuguese VI.768 leaders recovered from 1-3 down with fifteen minutes remaining, to complete a rip-roaring comeback.
Umut Koza and
Phua Li Kong put International two up in a commanding first half, but it all went to pieces after
Tamit bin Said twisted his right ankle in the 71st, despite
Egidius van der Duin driving a third home.
