32238 spectators arrived at Hell chair staters, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Hakim Arsoy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ricky Gray and Conrad Freier.The match took place on neutral ground.Grilled had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation.The following players had been chosen: Tian Han - Lee Hao, Filippone - Ping Shun, 长春 (Changchun), Shun An, Jing Wei, Aik Jia - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Divers.The following players took the field: Mohd Hassan - Mungiu, Mohd Khairul Nazar, 小林 (Kobayashi), Ouyang - Fels von Hartenstein, Mair, Chao Puay, Viapiana, Nilsson - Postnikov.
Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Divers.After 2 minutes of play, M. bin Mohd Kassim gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.M. bin Mohd Kassim could have put Grilled up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 11 minutes.M. Mungiu got left behind when Grilled's L. Aik Jia made a sudden run forward after 23 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 2 - 0!Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. bin Mohd Kassim squirmed through their central defence after 31 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0.3 - 0 was the halftime score.Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.
With 63 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) , who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.Coming from the right, 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) almost managed to score another goal for Grilled, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper.Good work by the Divers defensive line after 73 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found M. Chao Puay alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide.74 minutes into the match, Grilled's L. Aik Jia demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) who chipped it in for 5 - 0.The players of Grilled now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.The visitors got a chance to pull one back after 76 minutes, as the home defence went to sleep, leaving A. Mair completely unmarked in the middle. His strike was pathetic though, and dribbled into the arms of the home side's keeper.The referee showed Divers's R. Postnikov the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.After 83 minutes Divers's A. Mohd Khairul Nazar limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue.With 85 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Divers resulted in a counterattack that set M. Mungiu free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save.With 86 minutes played, M. bin Mohd Kassim could have brought this one home for Grilled as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high.With the clock showing 87 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Divers resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by J. Ouyang in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high.Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.
