ather conditions were fairly good for football, and ViRtU FC Arena saw a crowd turnout of 71799. Vítor Cavalheiro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sushruta Singh and Salomon Kindlimann. ViRtU tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Perales - Schalsch, Dato, Dalhuizen - Li Wai, Bouwens, Yeng Beng, Nefzi, Senderos - Samukić, Laukkanen.

Grilled decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Dias Paes - Seng-Huat, Lik-Tsun, Talib - Penati, Branbilla, MacKinnon, Han Kok, 川城 (Chuancheng) - Rotteveel, bin Ku Zainol.

The terraces were silenced after 17 minutes when Grilled's Quah Han Kok put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Grilled's Maikel Rotteveel was shown a yellow card after 26 minutes for slicing down an opponent. ViRtU put pressure on the visitors' central defence 27 minutes into the game, but Tonko Samukić couldn't find an opening. Weng Seng-Huat was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was perfectly redirected by Matthias Branbilla, but the ball went into the frame. The visitors' Maikel Rotteveel took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 32 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled. The referee showed Grilled's Weng Seng-Huat the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The ViRtU player who had to be helped off the pitch, was Tan Yeng Beng as he was unable to finish the game. Sun Hui Ting came in to finish the match. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. No one team arose to dominate this half, ending in a deadlock.

ViRtU reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 47 minutes on the clock when Theunis Sjoerd Bouwens got the best of a ball floated in from the left. Grilled's 范 (Fan) 川城 (Chuancheng) was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - Subri bin Ku Zainol managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 3 after 60 minutes. Tonko Samukić did everything he could to get one back for his ViRtU, but keeper Valdir Dias Paes denied him with a spectacular block. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed ViRtU's Tonko Samukić a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 69 minutes into the game. 73 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when Grilled's Maikel Rotteveel received his second yellow card and was sent off. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 84 minutes, Grilled tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. Luis Senderos stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving ViRtU the goal to make it 2 - 3. ViRtU's Luis Senderos got himself booked for a foul. Sócrates Perales got a fingertip on Subri bin Ku Zainol's shot from the left 87 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. A drive on the left side allowed Grilled's John MacKinnon to get in close and score a goal after 88 minutes, leading to 2 - 4. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams.



ViRtU's best player was Theunis Sjoerd Bouwens. Sun Hui Ting on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was Valdir Dias Paes. Weng Seng-Huat was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.