irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 100027 to Sky Ocean. Andreas Josefsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Patrizio Montini and Ronald Marcos. Herron had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Mohd Nadzir - Haupai, Ulfsson, Molstål - Ashton, Eriksson, Hyoung-zoo, Yong-chul, Zandberg - Chit-Fu, Jähnisch.

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Abed-Sulaiman - Seng-Huat, Lik-Tsun, Zywczyn - Kek-Tjiang, Han Kok, Paullin, van Liere - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol, Simon.

Herron seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. The strategy for Grilled on this day was to use their ability to press. Grilled pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. 18 minutes in, Grilled's Weng Seng-Huat received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The pressing tactics used by Grilled were successful at containing their opponents. After 36 minutes Grilled's Hidde van Liere limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. A questionable penalty 38 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as Chen Haupai knocked the ball home. The referee showed Grilled's Sylweriusz Zywczyn the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for Herron, Abd Rauf Mohd Nadzir was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. 周 (Zhou) 天康 (Tiankang) replaced him. The Herron captaincy was handed to Pontus Molstål. It was 1 - 0 at the break. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Herron, with an impressive 69 percent possession of the ball.

The home side's Chen Haupai came close to extending the lead 60 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. After 64 minutes, a long pass from Grilled's Hidde van Liere caught the defence out of position. Maikel Rotteveel collected the ball, and with the goal at his mercy calmly rolled the ball just inside the post. 1 - 1. They were singing the praises of Florian Jähnisch 79 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from just outside the centre part of the opponent's penalty area found its way over the visitors keeper to make the score 2 - 1 for Herron. Pian Hyoung-zoo almost managed to score another goal for Herron, coming from the right, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors' keeper. Shu Chit-Fu gave Herron supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1 after 88 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. Confident in their lead, Herron decided to play a more defensive game at this point. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Herron, with an impressive 75 percent possession of the ball.

Most important Herron player was Anders Eriksson. 周 (Zhou) 天康 (Tiankang) on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was Han Lik-Tsun. On the other hand, Weng Seng-Huat's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.