Clementi 9 - 0 Stand (386958662)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47891 at West Cove a little nervous, but the rain held off. Arturo Grau was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kristian Høj Pedersen and Elvezio Mucchi. Clementi had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kuszende - Sandrić, Gotthardt, Mandel - Kaloritis, de Buisonnier, Flueraş, Mikes, Delbos - Eransus, bin Abdul Hamid.

Stand tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Pang Ge - Tung Tin, Choon Yew, bin Arsat, Pin Han - Wai Keung, bin Muhamad Radzy, Wei Nyen, Leng Chin - bin Ibrahim, bin Adenan.

Clementi mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. D. Mikes gave Clementi the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 Things were deteriorating for the away team as Clementi scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for R. de Buisonnier after 11 minutes. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Clementi's L. Delbos increasing the lead to 3 - 0. Clementi's M. Eransus increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 18 minutes. By now, the players in Clementi felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Clementi put themselves up 5 - 0 when A. bin Abdul Hamid broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 5 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Clementi, who controlled the ball 89 percent of the time.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Clementi to 6 - 0 as Y. Kaloritis finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Clementi increased the lead as M. Eransus struck to make the score 7 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Clementi solidified their lead at the 55 minute mark, as A. bin Abdul Hamid dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 8 - 0. After 61 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Clementi was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. A. bin Abdul Hamid increased the lead for Clementi to 9 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! That made three goals for A. bin Abdul Hamid and he was marked down for the hat trick. Clementi enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 90 percent of possession.

Most important Clementi player was A. bin Abdul Hamid. On the other hand, L. Delbos's play was disheartening. M. bin Muhamad Radzy performed admirably for Stand. D. Pang Ge was a disappointment, however. The match ends 9 - 0.