ather conditions were fairly good for football, and FC Amuse Bouche Arena saw a crowd turnout of 4263. Rosario Marianelli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Volkmar Gorbach and Alberto Elizondo. Ponies had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Cook - Bradley, Goodwillie, Turnbull - Dzienisz, Parent, Simard, Islam - Helbok, Kaplan, Buranachiwit.

Grilled started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Öhmo - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung, Pakpao - Fernández Riviera, Siu-Yue, Paullin, Rottman, Kolesov - Stern.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Grilled. After a fine move down the middle Sompong Buranachiwit nearly gave the home side a goal after 11 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. A swift counterattack by Grilled resulted in a free kick that Joe Stern elegantly twisted into the goal - 0 - 1! Due to some great work on the right wing Ponies's Asher Islam was able to even the score after 25 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. Grilled's Antonio Fernández Riviera was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - Milen Kolesov managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 2 after 36 minutes. Ponies tried to even things up by sending a long play towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Ponies claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

Grilled were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 50 minutes into the match, but Joe Stern narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. With 53 minutes having been played, Ponies's Antoine Kaplan made a rush down the left, leaving him free to put the 2 - 2 equaliser away. The referee showed Ponies's Nigel Bradley the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 88 minutes into the game, Grilled had difficulty finding their positions and their organization dropped to inadequate. Ponies made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left Sompong Buranachiwit completely alone with keeper Frank Öhmo, who made a spectacular block. Ponies made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left Sompong Buranachiwit completely alone with keeper Frank Öhmo, who made a spectacular block. Ponies held the ball, with a clear 79 percent of possession.

Not having decided a winner at the end of regulation, the match went into extra time. After a fine move down the middle Joey Parent nearly gave the home side a goal after 97 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. With 101 minutes played Luca Helbok almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' Frank Öhmo was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. After overtime, the game was still tied and a penalty contest ensued.

Ponies's Luca Helbok was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of Frank Öhmo. Score still 2 - 2. Grilled's Joe Stern showed he has nerves of steel when it comes to penalty contests, easily changing the score to 2 - 3. Ponies's Homer Goodwillie coolly put the ball past Frank Öhmo. 3 - 3. Grilled's Lan Tuan-Mu was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of John Cook. Score still 3 - 3. Ponies's Daniel Turnbull penalty shot was very well placed but Frank Öhmo went the right way, blocking it spectacularly. The score was still 3 - 3. Grilled's Frank Öhmo coolly put the ball past John Cook. 3 - 4. Ponies's Nigel Bradley penalty shot was very well placed but Frank Öhmo went the right way, blocking it spectacularly. The score was still 3 - 4. Grilled's Kau Siu-Cheung coolly put the ball past John Cook. 3 - 5. Ponies's John Cook cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn't produce a goal. Grilled's Nui Pakpao coolly put the ball past John Cook. 3 - 6.

Most important Ponies player was Asher Islam. Nigel Bradley on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Au-Yong Siu-Yue. However, Antonio Fernández Riviera made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 6.