Clowned Around
Hwang Teck Fu made it a point to exchange shirts with Ng Leong Yau after the final whistle, with there being no hard feelings after the match. "You could tell how they were S-League champions, from the way they carried themselves." Hwang declared. "There's a lot to be learnt from them. If they were all five years younger, it would have been much closer, to say the least!"
Grilled Birds thus advance to face Dragon Devil's in the fourth round, as Farmer Bunnies dropped to the Sapphire Challenger Cup ahead of time, after being dumped by frunzelite in extra time. The Buns' wholesale press did its job in regular time with
Arturo Rosano stopping Franck Fernandes' breakout in the 37th minute, but a second yellow for
Louis Lee in the 101st unavoidably opened space for the opponents. Willem van der Lijn ducked inside two minutes later for the finish, and that was it.
Grilled International would be put out of the main cup too, as they fell 3-5 to Belgian H.I. IV.4 side Clowns on the field.
Snæbjörn Sigfússon and
Chua Jun Long fired International 2-1 up after Micha Koester's 18th minute counter, but the Clowns countered again through Zenon Robak, before a revenge penalty by Zeno Presciutti for an infringement in the box.
The sescond half had Václav Huber and Pierluigi Carmosino put goals past
Darshana De Abrew on the break too with
Umut Koza giving some hope in the 75th minute, as anchor midfielder
Redhuan bin Mohd Aleshahfezan admitted that they had no idea how to deal with them. "We need more awareness, I guess."