79622 punters turned up at The Cooking Pot, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Javier Tobarra was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Viktor Zarya and Mundial 'Sur' Africano. Grilled's starters: Marcol - Himadas, 其材 (Qicai) - Reddy, Khairul, Keng Chuan, Kwang Tse, Andrović - Thach, Chitre, An Keng.

The following players had been chosen by Merlions: Abelin - Naim, Vărzaru, Varila - Roudier, Ramanayake, Blankenstein, Rithy, Lieuw Fat - Gallartzagoitia, Cută.

Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas West Merlions lined up in a 3-5-2 formation. Grilled clearly preferred using their divine (+6) ability to attack in the middle. Grilled could have put themselves ahead after 4 minutes but Chia Kwang Tse missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Sverre Abelin went down after twisting his right ankle after 9 minutes, and had to leave the pitch. Chase Chiu had already been warming up, and came on for Sverre Abelin. One of many good crosses from Ajay Lieuw Fat on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by Stefaan Blankenstein, who scored for Merlions. 0 - 1 Grilled's Chad Thach put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 28 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Martin Ramanayake from Merlions a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 34 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Chad Thach went down after twisting his right ankle after 35 minutes, and had to leave the pitch. Hwang Teck Fu tried to hide a smile as he entered the field. He had not expected to get a chance this day. Grilled took the lead after 39 minutes as a result of Chia Kwang Tse's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 2 - 1. A great save by keeper Chase Chiu after 42 minutes kept the visitors in the game after Gandhik Chitre struck from the left with a real cannonball. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Merlions had a chance to level the scores as Juuso Varila suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. 57 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty that Raúl Himadas turned into 3 - 1 without a problem. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Merlions manager used a brief break in play after 60 minutes to give the players new directives. Cheers filled the stadium as Aw Keng Chuan broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to Grilled. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's Lim An Keng increasing the lead to 5 - 1. As the 85 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution. Aw Keng Chuan reluctantly made way for 元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) on the pitch. 85 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Darko 'Donnie' Andrović gave Paulino Trindade a quick hug as he left the field. The referee announced 4 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. Merlions fought on and, after 90 minutes, Aide Gallartzagoitia was able to reduce the deficit to 5 - 2 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. All credit to Chhay Rithy for that clever assist. The match ends 5 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Most important Grilled player was Lim An Keng. Merlions's top performer was clearly Aide Gallartzagoitia.