The weather was pretty good at the stadium today for the match. Starters: Vingris - Cantekin, Di Tullio, Verdina - Fraser, Godgren, Garvin, Olmos, Prach - Brénon, Moro Barba.

The following players took the field: Germanakos - Keng Chuan, 其材 (Qicai) - Reddy, Thach, Kwang Tse, Khairul, Parada - Chitre, Ze Han, An Keng.

Rommeholen FC trundled out to the pitch in a 3-5-2 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup. See how Alessandro Verdina has had to abandon his regular position to follow Gandhik Chitre around? That leaves a big gap for his mates to cover! A wonderful trick by Chan Ze Han after 17 minutes left Evert Godgren bewildered and really deserved to end in a goal but the keeper made a fine save. After 26 minutes of play, Gavin Garvin gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Rommeholen managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when Eduardo Moro Barba slid in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Grilled's Chia Kwang Tse was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 35 minutes. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their player Lim An Keng scored to make it 2 - 1 after 37 minutes, following a good pass from the right. Big paper red cards were being held up by the opposing supporters with 38 minutes on the clock after Jean-Charles Brénon's mistimed tackle from behind. The referee only showed the Rommeholen player a yellow card though. If the home side can close out the game with their lead intact, they'll have Viktors Vingris to thank, after he made a stunning leap to deny Chia Kwang Tse from scoring the equalizer after a run through the center 39 minutes in. After more pushing and shoving than a pack of helicopter moms trying to get the last appointment for their snowflakes to see the Easter Bunny, Rommeholen's Alessandro Verdina finally got himself booked for a foul. Rommeholen added another goal to their lead as Eduardo Moro Barba struck home for 3 - 1 after an attack from the left set him up unmarked in front of the keeper. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop! 46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Chan Ze Han gave Joe Reece a quick hug as he left the field. Rommeholen's Jean-Charles Brénon was delighted to score as he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing keeper and into the net, following some good attacking movement on the right wing. 4 - 1 after 54 minutes. Evert Godgren increased Rommeholen's lead to 5 - 1, connecting with a hooked ball from the right. The away fans are claiming handball, to no avail. With 61 minutes played, Grilled showed they hadn't given up and were able to reduce the score to 5 - 2 when Aw Keng Chuan got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. Grilled's Brian 'Was Born' Reddy was shown a yellow card after 69 minutes for slicing down an opponent. José Olmos gave Rommeholen supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 2 after 73 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 3 minutes of added time, they welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 6 - 2. Rommeholen did a good job holding on to the ball, with 52 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Rommeholen's top performer was clearly Jean-Charles Brénon. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by Alessandro Verdina today. Lim An Keng performed admirably for Grilled. Speaking of stinking up the place, Gandhik Chitre sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.