ercast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3952 at De Japie's Arena today. Romicã Bãdoi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Javier Pons and Magno Oliva. Japie's tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Bel - Suwarnawikarn, Rademaker, Hadzhistoyanov, Borycki, Keng-Meng - Holsbrink, Aparicio, Gyllensjö, Russo - Heuveling.

Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Dai-Lin, Pakpao, Tuan-Mu - Spirig, Borup, Paullin, Han Kok, Barbour - Chiew-Yen, Langeland.

Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Grilled had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 23 minutes in when Terkel Borup came up alone against Frank Bel who managed a block. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's Quah Han Kok got himself booked. 38 minutes into the game, Quah Han Kok almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Quah Han Kok received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 38 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 41 minutes allowed Jan Langeland to score the 0 - 1 goal for Grilled. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 84 percent.

59 minutes into the game, Grilled's Terkel Borup surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to Chen Chiew-Yen who easily found the back of the net, bringing the score to 0 - 2. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Jan Langeland was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 66 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. With 89 minutes played, Jan Langeland nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. With 89 minutes played, Chen Chiew-Yen nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. After 90 minutes Japie's's Joey Heuveling limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 83 percent of possession.

The most dominating Japie's player was without a doubt Ritnarong Suwarnawikarn. Luis Aparicio on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was Jan Langeland. Chen Chiew-Yen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 2.