In a special plea, the Tuk-Tuk manager had gone on local radio to tell fans how important their support is to the team. As the players entered the field, the crowd rose to their feet and started chanting their names.

It was a sunny day at the stadium today. The intense heat made it hard for players relying on strength or speed to shine. On the other hand, it provided perfect conditions for the more technical players. The following players had been selected: Germanakos - Keng Chuan, 其材 (Qicai) - Reddy, Thach, Kwang Tse, An Keng, Trindade - Chitre, Teck Fu, Khairul.

Starters: Przetrawa - Phann, Nak, Sang - Duong, Kraft, Chhorn, Jackson, Soun - Towa, Cuello.

Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas Barang Tuk-Tuk lined up in a 3-5-2. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, using their divine (+9) (29) ability to great effect. After 9 minutes, Tuk-Tuk put themselves up 0 - 1, as Thai Phann finished off a play from the left with a real rocket. Grilled's Brian 'Was Born' Reddy set up a perfect opportunity for Lim An Keng, but the latter failed to score. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Looks like Nate Silver was right again - his prediction that Tuk-Tuk would have 51 percent possession in this half was spot on!

Phirun Nak somehow managed to break free of his man on the left wing and only needed a relatively easy finish to bring Tuk-Tuk's lead up to 0 - 2. Chia Kwang Tse of Grilled received a yellow card after 68 minutes for unsportsmanlike behavior. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle instead. The home club's fans got back into the match when Mohd Marzuki Khairul broke through the visitors' central defense and caught their keeper napping, making it 1 - 2. 84 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as Quique Cuello finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular bicycle kick. Achille Towa increased the visitors' lead by volleying in a pass from the right. 1 - 4. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 1 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 1 - 4. Let's go to the Twittersphere to see what the fans think of the game so far! says Grilled's best player was Gandhik Chitre. Good thing Dimitris Germanakos isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance. Tuk-Tuk's top performer was clearly Mike Jackson. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because Jakub Przetrawa seemed to stumble all over the pitch.