Grilled Birds 0 - 4
Haha 
Quik By The Horns
Birds head coach
Tian Yonghang recognized that his team had been outclassed by Haha today, and hinted that it might have been different with a full complement of forwards. "But of course, that would just be an excuse." he noted. "Haha have done well to stay near the top of the local system for so long, it's something we should aspire to - again."
Arrogancae will be the next club to have a go at Haha in the main cup, while the Birds were drawn against leaguemates Queenstown MZKs once more, in the Sapphire Challenger Cup. "I don't want our guys to refer to our league fixture for this." Tian warned. "We should be approaching it with a clean slate."
There would be better news from the other Grilled outfits, with Farmer Bunnies wiping IV.18 hopefuls Quikkers by the same 4-0 margin, in the Consolation Cup. While the Jurong side were admittedly semi-pros, they are nonetheless topping their league table, and it might have been a lot harder had
Mauro Fau's 12th minute wonder free-kick not gone in. That opened up Quikkers a lot more, and
Ong Li Jing,
Lee Yau Tong and
Lim Guang Qiang would put it past Abdul Samad bin Abu Bakar in turn.
Belgian H.I. V.255 side Horns Up had fallen 2-4 to Grilled International the evening before, as International advanced in their Emerald Challenger Cup.
Snæbjörn Sigfússon would finally snag his first for the club in a very active opening to the match, by robbing Jerom Nauwelaers right in front of goal.
Mohsen Zeynali went to air for a highlight reel-worthy second a bit later, only for Zdzisław Robert to pull one back on a hefty counterattack down the left.
There were enough near-misses by both teams to keep things interesting, and while International would extend their lead through
Waldemar Gołata's approach 61 minutes in, that barely lasted sixty seconds before Almar Landsoght ran past a disappointing
Tamit bin Said for 2-3. In the end, it would take trusty old
Safari bin Hj Jali to ride Henri Lemaire's wild tackle and make sure, after multiple poor finishes.
