rk skies made the crowd of 5023 at Beechmount House - Glen Eyre - Soton a little nervous, but the rain held off. Alberto Maggiolo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ole Stenhaug and Håkan Billstrand. beechmount had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Al-Amal - Abulafia, El-Basim, Ferriol - Al-Oufy, Bhattarcharja, El-Gibril, Hasan, Olenderek - El-Shadi, Al-Turk.

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Bao-Tam - Fjällbratt, Seng-Huat, Alcántara, Mirchev - Deme, Spirig, Branbilla, Chowdhury - bin Yaacob, Hjortlind.

After 5 minutes, Grilled put themselves up by 0 - 1, as Ulf Hjortlind finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post. The visitors' Peter Fjällbratt took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 17 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled. The visitors nearly scored again after 18 minutes, but a superb save by Fadil Al-Amal kept Sándor Deme's free kick out of the net. With 24 minutes played, Agustín Ferriol was very close to reducing the score for beechmount with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. Ulf Hjortlind could have put his team up another goal 26 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob caught everyone by surprise with a unexpected volley after 60 minutes. Tapesh Chowdhury was perfectly placed to take advantage of the play, but unfortunately, he was as surprised as anyone and couldn't finish for Grilled. After 65 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Ulf Hjortlind who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 3. 77 minutes into the match, beechmount's Jarosław Olenderek demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to Bari Yousef El-Shadi who chipped it in for 1 - 3. Grilled came close to extending their lead as Weng Seng-Huat delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 79 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. beechmount supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to Bari Yousef El-Shadi who reduced the visitors' lead after 80 minutes to 2 - 3. A thrilling play through the middle 80 minutes into the match gave Grilled's Peter Fjällbratt a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 2 - 4. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 66 percent possession of the ball.

Fuad Abdulghafoor Al-Oufy performed admirably for beechmount. However, Khurshid Bhattarcharja made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Matthias Branbilla. Luis Alcántara was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.