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Gústav Thoroddsen, who had been assigned the armband for the day, modestly played down praise for his three goals. "The Sobran defence worked hard, it just wasn't their day." he said, with nary a hint of understatement. "Aliaga has wonderful potential from what I saw, and on our side,
Cameron Law way outperformed. They could easily have made it 4-7 or thereabouts, if not for his saves."
Farmer Bunnies and Grilled International had long completed their friendly commitments by Tuesday, with the Buns flying to London to play V.44 club KHVB. The white-and-oranges tore through on the right to open in the 33rd, as an aggressive Moritz Budai - who had been booked after three minutes for downing
Amaya Ravula - kept all of his fire in attacking the goal then.
The Buns were hardly innocents either, with
Judah Cho clipping Costi Baranai late for the second yellow of the match in the 16th minute, which had the Romanian limping off after half an hour. Cho would be winded after a hard knock to his chest deep into extra time, which had him taken off for
Arvind Shah. That there was extra time at all was thanks to
Ong Li Jing, who slid in hard for the counterattacking equalizer 51 minutes in.
That meant penalties, which KHVB elected to start off, after winning the toss.
Gilberto Sorondo saved from regular taker Khristopher Weiler to hand the Buns a mental advantage, which
Arun Ponnusamy duly converted into a concrete lead. Several misses followed, but
Lee Yau Tong made it 3-1 on the third take, and despite Sünke Detmering psyching Sorondo out with a stuttering approach,
Prakash Bhujbal hit it high and central to leave Ludvig Carlsson no chance.
In contrast, Grilled International settled their job in ninety minutes, after a scare in the fourth minute that had Adham Mounir rock the crossbar after a lightning break down the right. There would then be a comedy of misses in the first half, but
Chua Jun Long's perserverance paid off big time in the final five minutes, with an assist for
Egidius van der Duin followed by an excellent finish of his own.
