rk skies made the crowd of 78333 at The Igloo a little nervous, but the rain held off. Alois Peter Weik was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christian Babel and Maurizio Manco. Athletic decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Sun Tae - Marante, Hjortbrant, Eltschinger - Loesmann, Shi Yeow, WiÄ…cek, Ying Eng, Ollagnier - Stuivenberg, Tihkan.

Grilled had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Dias Paes - Zywczyn, Lik-Tsun, Árva, Talib - Edmond, MacKinnon, Spirig, Han Kok - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Grilled on this day. Grilled was great at switching from defence to attack, and after 9 minutes, Quah Han Kok swept through in the middle after such a counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. Ott Tihkan earned a rousing chorus of cheers from his fans as he seemed to come out of nowhere after 31 minutes to intercept the ball and put it in the back of the net for Athletic. 1 - 1. Grilled took the lead 33 minutes into the game, scoring the 1 - 2 goal after some elegant plays down the middle. John MacKinnon was the scorer. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Athletic held the ball, with a clear 61 percent of possession.

With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 60 minutes gave Athletic a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and Ott Tihkan stepped up to the challenge, netting the 2 - 2 goal. After 64 minutes, Grilled raised their score by one when Sandy Edmond's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by Subri bin Ku Zainol. 2 - 3. With 74 minutes having been played, Athletic's Simão Marante made a rush down the left, leaving him free to put the 3 - 3 equaliser away. Grilled's Maikel Rotteveel was shown a yellow card after 80 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Athletic's Simão Marante got himself booked for a foul. Sylweriusz Zywczyn's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Grilled, he bravely continued in the match. After 87 minutes, Grilled's Dani Spirig made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 3 - 4. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Athletic, with an impressive 62 percent possession of the ball.

Athletic's best player was Liu Shi Yeow. Simão Marante on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was Quah Han Kok. On the other hand, Sylweriusz Zywczyn's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 4.