irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 4345 to Asian Hell. Max Strohmaier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Robin Marks and Scott Gorham. Asian tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Kantanavičius - Piché, de Leão, Filgueira - Poenaru, Kaczocha, Bonnefoy, Buskermolen - Mpoulis, Witthaus, Emberger.

Grilled started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung - Chuan Jing, Jie Siong, Abd Hamid, Swee Pheng, Ødegaard - bin Yaacob, Hjortlind.

Asian seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Grilled immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. After 3 minutes, Grilled put themselves up by 0 - 1, as Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post. A thrilling play through the middle 20 minutes into the match gave Grilled's Allan Ødegaard a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. 30 minutes into the game, Bukhari Abd Hamid had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Quah Han Kok. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Asian's Reinder Buskermolen somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Erik Emberger, who struck for 1 - 2. After 41 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Allan Ødegaard who increased Grilled's lead to 1 - 3. Asian's Victor Poenaru was shown a yellow card after 42 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 51 percent of possession.

The home club's supporters got back into the match when Raimund Witthaus broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their 'keeper off guard, making it 2 - 3. Asian's Erik Emberger was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 71 minutes. With a shot floated in from just outside the penalty area after 73 minutes played, Victor Poenaru of Asian evened the score to 3 - 3. After 82 minutes of play, Erik Emberger gave the home team a 4 - 3 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Asian put themselves up 5 - 3 when Dimitrakis Mpoulis broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. After this, Asian lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Asian claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

Most important Asian player was Victor Poenaru. Simon Piché turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Quah Han Kok. On the other hand, Kau Siu-Cheung's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 3.