000 spectators arrived at Winning Eleven Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Fernando Redondo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Benedetto Salmon Cinotti and Mirco Weinhart. Winning tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Van der Linde - Ali, Yoke-Gan, Ching-Hwa - Larsson, Thanh-Tuan, Eriksson, Kvarning - Persson, Chiang-hua, Chun-Lam.

Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Siu-Cheung, Tuan-Mu, Sun-Nee - Pence, Machado, García Sole, Dai-Lin, Seng-kar - Hobson, Chiew-Yen.

Ma Dai-Lin received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 15 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The terraces were silenced after 16 minutes when Grilled's Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Winning's Mao Chiang-hua left the field after 19 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Zhu Chong-Wai. After 29 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Chen Chiew-Yen who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2. Winning's Mats Kvarning cut towards the middle after 39 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, putting the 1 - 2 goal away. 43 minutes in, and Winning was able to score the equalising 2 - 2 goal when Mats Kvarning picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. Halftime score was 2 - 2. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 51 percent of possession.

After 82 minutes Grilled's Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. Winning had a good opportunity to take the lead as Patrik Persson came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of Hang Bao-Tam. Winning claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Winning's best player was Dave Van der Linde. Zhu Chong-Wai was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Lan Tuan-Mu. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 2.