Creation 3 - 2 Redevil (220503508)

A scorching day at Stadium Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, where 93420 spectators were in place for today's match. Roland François Jouve was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erik Reistad and Nasser Hujayrah. The match took place on neutral ground. Creation started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Kamphuis - Cederhout, Méndez, Qvist - Iacob, Laursen, Gadeberg, Gigante, Sung-Joon - Lok-Sang, Pérez.

Redevil had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Soldatović - Ginex, Alcalde Morales, Nagappan - bin Muhammad Fahmi, bin Hj Bachik, Qiang Li, bin Burhan, bin Man - Kim Cheng, Lefèvre.

The strategy for Redevil was to use their ability to press. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 14 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from G. Laursen, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. After 15 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by G. Iacob might have resulted in another goal for Creation. However, T. Soldatović made a spectacular save. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why V. Nagappan found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. Creation put themselves up 2 - 0 when G. Iacob broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 35 minutes into the game, D. Méndez had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came C. Jha. Redevil's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. After 37 minutes, G. Lefèvre replied with a fantastic free kick and the ball went in off the bar. 2 - 1. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Creation, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

After 63 minutes, R. Pérez put Creation ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The coach of Creation was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 63 minutes, J. Labro came on for G. Iacob. Redevil managed to reduce the score to 3 - 2 as H. bin Man finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Jha got himself booked. The manager of Creation was not happy. The heat made it a terrible day for K. Cederhout, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. M. bin Muhammad Fahmi wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. A great save by keeper T. Soldatović after 90 minutes kept the visitors in the game after K. Cederhout struck from the left with a real cannonball. 90 minutes in, Redevil's V. Nagappan received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in this half belonged to Creation, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Creation's best player was T. Lok-Sang. However, K. Cederhout made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Redevil player was without a doubt M. bin Hj Bachik. M. bin Muhammad Fahmi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.