rk skies made the crowd of 34700 at Winning Eleven Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Francisco David Maita was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Archibald Bozsik and Fritz Scharneder. Retired had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Guardiola - Chan-San, Ashworth, Vincze - Van-Phuoc, Bäckquist, Jacobsson, Siu-Yue, Myllykoski - Avramidis, Po sun.

Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Fredgård, Bona - Jie Siong, Han Kok, Kek-Tjiang, Paullin, Spirig - Martinsson, Simon.

Slack defending gave Retired a chance to take the lead with 28 minutes played, but Yin Van-Phuoc's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 56 percent possession of the ball.

Retired's Au-Yong Siu-Yue was shown a yellow card after 72 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 73 minutes in, Retired's Gao Po sun received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Lee Jie Siong was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was perfectly redirected by Anders Fredgård, but the ball went into the frame. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 57 percent of possession.

Retired's top performer was clearly Jorge Guardiola. Kim Bäckquist on the other hand, had a terrible day. Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman performed admirably for Grilled. Lee Jie Siong on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 0.