ercast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 6933 at goolies Arena today. Sean Warden was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alojzije Vučeraković and Nico Van den Broeck. goolies tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Grant - Álamo Gómez, Gold, Tobiasson - Markoski, Donskoy, Elmose, Marlow - Torling, Sjödahl, Nicolae.

Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Öhmo - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Seng-Huat - Kolesov, Siu-Yue, Rottman, Stanton, Ju-Hau - Chiew-Yen, Stern.

goolies had a good opportunity to take the lead as Rãzvan Nicolae came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of Frank Öhmo. Grilled took the lead 24 minutes into the game, scoring the 0 - 1 goal after some elegant plays down the middle. Weng Seng-Huat was the scorer. 28 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as Lan Tuan-Mu finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. goolies didn't give in and with 30 minutes played Jakob Torling was able to put the 1 - 2 goal away after a play on the right. Grilled's Asher Stanton received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 34 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 1 - 3 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. The referee showed Grilled's Lan Tuan-Mu the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 3. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 54 percent of possession.

goolies reduced the lead to 2 - 3 with 52 minutes on the clock when Vladimir Markoski got the best of a ball floated in from the left. With 63 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, Asher Stanton needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by Lan Tuan-Mu. At last, Grilled's Jon Andrea Rottman was able to shove the ball in. 2-4. goolies's Eddy Marlow got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 3 - 4. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 66 minutes, making it 3 - 5. Chen Chiew-Yen was noted down as the scorer. goolies held the ball, with a clear 52 percent of possession.

Most important goolies player was Rolf Elmose. Eddy Marlow on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was Asher Stanton. However, Luis Alcántara made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 5.