Dark skies made the crowd at the stadium today a little nervous, but the rain held off. Lineup: Germanakos - Keng Chuan, 其材 (Qicai) - Reddy, Thach, Kwang Tse, Khairul, Teck Fu - Chitre, Ze Han, An Keng.

The following players had been selected: Lewis - Powell, Greminger - Abou El Nasr, Mårtensson, Kaudzīte, 达强 (Daqiang), Pandolfo - Tate, MacColl, Murnane.

As the teams spread out over the pitch, it became clear that they would both be using a 2-5-3 formation today. Abbeydale clearly preferred using their magical (18) ability to attack in the middle today. Though it was beautiful soccer, the home crowd did not enjoy Alessandro Pandolfo's goal after a run down the left with 3 minutes on the clock. Abbeydale lead, 0 - 1. The crowd roared in delight as Mohd Marzuki Khairul finished off a spectacular series of plays up the middle to even the score for Grilled after 15 minutes. 1 - 1. An accurate cross from Grilled's Brian 'Was Born' Reddy was met with a wonderful off-balance header from Lim An Keng, hitting the inside base of the post before curling up into the back of the net like a dog in front of a fire for 2 - 1. Everyone knows Dex Powell is the man to mark on corner kicks, and 32 minutes in he got free of his marker and sent a ball towards goal, which was barely saved by the keeper. The visitors didn't give in and, after 35 minutes, Gabriel Tate got through the home side's central line of defense, rolling in the leveling goal to make it 2 - 2. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop! As the 46 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution. Chan Ze Han reluctantly made way for Joe Reece. Chan Ze Han was coming off, and had taken his last free kick for the day. That meant Aw Keng Chuan got the chance to showcase his dead ball skills. A questionable penalty after 47 minutes gave the home side the lead, 3 - 2. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as Aw Keng Chuan knocked the ball home. Grilled's Chad Thach was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 54 minutes. Grilled put themselves up 4 - 2 when Lim An Keng broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive delegation behind him. The clock read 65 minutes and things were deteriorating for the away team as Grilled scored another to make it 5 - 2 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for Chad Thach. Abbeydale's Alessandro Pandolfo was shown a yellow card after 70 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 71 minutes played, Grilled's Joe Reece received a yellow card for challenging a play with his cleats first. With 79 minutes on the clock, Aw Keng Chuan could have extended the lead, but his rocket of a free kick went just over the bar. 85 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Paulino Trindade came on for Brian 'Was Born' Reddy. It was announced by the fourth official that he estimated stoppage time to be around 2 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match! The match ends 5 - 2. Well, look at this! Cardi B is on the Enormotron in naught but giant sunglasses and a Twisted Metal F.C. tank top. I've not seen anything like it before. The most outstanding Grilled player was without a doubt Lim An Keng. Good thing Dimitris Germanakos isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance. Abbeydale's top performer was clearly Gabriel Tate. I can't remember Kevin Greminger ever having a worse night than he just had.