ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Balestier Dome saw a crowd turnout of 5595. Allan Plancq was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Olivier Papineau and Stephan Gutmannsbauer. Balestier had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Wei-Hsin - King-Yu, Ming-Heng, Sharma, bin Abd Wahab - Gan, Wai-Kin, bin Kadir, Sit-Wai - Hon-yong, Wan-Ping.

Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - bin Che Lah, Tuan-Mu, Sun-Nee - Magnusson, Noor Yadah, Tellskär, Yew-Hoe, Pence - Chiew-Yen, Hobson.

After 6 minutes, Grilled's Chen Chiew-Yen made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. After 21 minutes Grilled's Hang Bao-Tam contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Ding Sun-Nee was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 28 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 82 percent of possession.

74 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as Chen Chiew-Yen finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By now, Grilled were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. 80 minutes in, Grilled's Nor Suhaimi bin Che Lah received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Man, what a shot by Grilled's Ding Sun-Nee! Firing in from 35 yards after 86 minutes, that is probably going to be one of the finest, most beautiful, wonderfully crafted strikes the crowd here today are ever likely to see. 0 - 3. The away team's Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 87 minutes which increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 4. Balestier's Amirul Jufri bin Abd Wahab got himself booked for a foul. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

The most dominating Balestier player was without a doubt Xu Ming-Heng. Debjit Sharma was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Hang Bao-Tam. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.