Dark skies made the crowd at the stadium today a little nervous, but the rain held off. They fielded: Amir - Braunmüller, Shelley, Pi, Vikernes - Zerzán, Burigana, 仁朋 (Renpeng), Vedovato - Mészáros.

Lineup: Germanakos - Keng Chuan, 其材 (Qicai) - Reddy, Thach, Kwang Tse, Khairul, Parada - Chitre, Ze Han, An Keng.

Mousecity fielded a 4-4-1 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was a 2-5-3. Mousecity used their titanic (15) ability to focus on getting players in position for long range shots. Oh dear - the keeper's made a mess of that one. The crowd was very disappointed after he let Lim An Keng get the go-ahead goal with a speculative shot from the right after 8 minutes. 0 - 1. My oh my, what a goal! The defenders were expecting another pass up the field, but Rhys Shelley passed back to 馬 (Ma) 仁朋 (Renpeng) instead, who then took a stunning shot from 35 yards. He knew exactly where that one was going, as it bounced in off the crossbar to make it 1 - 1 after 11 minutes. 19 minutes into the game, Mousecity seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate (5). Grilled's Brian 'Was Born' Reddy lived up to his reputation for finding unexpected ways to get the ball in the net when he sent a nifty little pass over to Gandhik Chitre who scored for 1 - 2. Grilled's Federico Parada was shown a yellow card after 31 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 33 minutes in, Mousecity appeared unsure on how to play and their organization was only wretched (2). The home crowd was not impressed when Brian 'Was Born' Reddy came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 35 minutes. Grilled were now up 1 - 3. Nabeel Amir got a fingertip on Chad Thach's shot from the left 38 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 43 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Mohd Marzuki Khairul who increased Grilled's lead to 1 - 4. 1 - 4 was the halftime score. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop! During the break, Mousecity's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to inadequate (5) organization. 46 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Joe Reece came on for Chan Ze Han. 57 minutes into the game, Mousecity seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak (4) level of organization. 58 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 5 as Lim An Keng finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular bicycle kick. The away team's Chad Thach took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 61 minutes increasing Grilled's lead to 1 - 6. After 73 minutes of game time, Lim An Keng had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, hitting a cross from the right with a half volley, but Nabeel Amir was in the right place and tipped the ball to a corner. Grilled came close to extending their lead as Chad Thach delivered a low effort on goal from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot was destined for the side netting. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time, they welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 1 - 6. Looks like Nate Silver was right again - his prediction that Grilled would have 70 percent possession in this half was spot on!

Mousecity's top performer was clearly István Mészáros. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because Frédéric Braunmüller seemed to stumble all over the pitch. Grilled's best player was Gandhik Chitre. Speaking of stinking up the place, Dimitris Germanakos sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.