e to an all-day shower, 3990 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Zorko team Arena. Juan Cruz Leone was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jens Hoksch and Dominicus van Beers. Zorko had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Beer - Espanhol Nunes, Frank, Mežič - Bergant, Žigic, Terlecki, Ludwig, Eldad - AvguÅ¡tin, Sironič.

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Huel-sheng - Alcántara, Siu-Cheung, Dai-Lin - Magnusson, Ju-Hau, Rottman, Siu-Yue, Kolesov - Chiew-Yen, Stern.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Zorko. With 4 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, Jon Andrea Rottman needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. With 21 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. Zhan Ju-Hau put the ball away for 0 - 1. 28 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as Joe Stern finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Joe Stern came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over Andreas Beer and it was a little too high and hit the bar. The visitors' Chen Chiew-Yen took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 35 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Grilled. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Joe Stern increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 4 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. Grilled came close to extending their lead as Joe Stern delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 63 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. 76 minutes into the game, Jure Mežič had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Å tefan Zidar. Kau Siu-Cheung increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 5. With 80 minutes played, Au-Yong Siu-Yue nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Nik Sironič knocked one home from a counter-attack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 5 after 85 minutes. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

Zorko's best player was Roman Žigic. Andreas Beer on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Zhan Ju-Hau. Kau Siu-Cheung on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 5.