Lame Duck Period
While
Tian Yonghang never likes losing, he would also admit that it did not make too much of a difference overall, what with Grilled Birds realistically out of the title race for some time, but also at no risk of automatic relegation. Joker 9's 4-1 win over Tampines Phoenix F.C. would meant that the Phoenixes would have to win the final four fixtures - and the Birds lose them all - for that to happen, which even the staunchest Phoenixes diehard must recognize as a very tall order.
Arrogancae would maintain pole position by punishing Queenstown MZKs 5-2 away, keeping them five points ahead of the newbies, who in turn stay three ahead of a Glory Paradiso team that had enjoyed their 6-0 gimme over The Sing Tigers. "There will be some experimentation for the remainder of the season." Tian forewarned.
Victory was not the Buns' either, as they fell to Cătălin Papuc's 14th minute putaway, after
Gilberto Sorondo had somehow gotten the ball off Stefan Brogaard in a one-on-one. Farmer Bunnies would never muster the coordination needed to threaten Teddy Ellerbæk at the other end, and were in fact fortunate not to concede any more, after Swiss striker Breel Gatt opened up big time in the second half.
Grilled International's cruise to the V.56 title carried on uninterrupted, with
Chua Jun Long just about staying ahead of
Umut Koza in the Golden Boot race, with both of them bagging two in Saturday's 7-0 cleanout of Saudi Arabia's Elefanten der Wüste. New entrants Esther Football Club announced themselves loudly with a 4-0 pummeling of AC Rabissale, but remain eight whole points behind.
