ercast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 7539 at Manchester Town F.C. Arena today. Arkādijs Vaiders was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jeroen Helms and Jarle Øyen. . Arena today. Manchester had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Yuan-shin - Razdan, Zheng-Qi, Han - bin Yusop, Mahmood, bin Ramli, bin Salleh - Kafetsios, Byung-suck, Guo-Hong.

Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Dewilde, Tuan-Mu, Sun-Nee - Dai-Lin, Noor Yadah, Tellskär, Machado, Pence - Reed, Hobson.

Tom Pence made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 2 minutes into the match. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for Grilled. 0 - 1. Daniel Tellskär increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2. 4 minutes in, Grilled's Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Manchester's Amir Batcha bin Yusop was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - Mao Guo-Hong managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 2 after 10 minutes. Grilled's Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 13 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 1 - 3 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 3. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 66 percent of possession.

The away team's Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 61 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 1 - 4. At that, Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson was noted down for a hat trick. Ricard Machado came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over Mu Yuan-shin and it was a little too high and hit the bar. A marvellous Manchester effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 74 minutes by Mao Guo-Hong, making the score 2 - 4. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson increased Grilled's lead to 2 - 5 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 73 percent of possession.

The most dominating Manchester player was without a doubt Tow Byung-suck. Ma Zheng-Qi on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was Ma Dai-Lin. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 5.