ouds darkened the skies at Istanarena as 17066 spectators turned up for the match. Andor Oláh was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Michael Unger and Aleksander Stpiczyński. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Goal!. Lineup: Singaram - Jong Inn, Carlucci, Menon, Wen Jie - Khim Hong, Koi Sho, Chu Yeng, Embong - Ping Seng, Zixiang.

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Bao-Tam - Zywczyn, Bona, Fredgård - Spirig, Jie Siong, Abd Hamid, Borup, Olaru - Martinsson, Hjortlind.

The strategy for Goal! on this day was to use their ability to press. 12 minutes into the match, Grilled nearly took the lead, as Ola Martinsson broke through on the right. Adhideva Singaram made the save, however. Grilled made it 0-1 as Dragos Olaru knocked the corner kick to Terkel Borup who whipped a low drive in off the far post. The visitors' Ulf Hjortlind took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 34 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled. At this time in the match, Goal! were using their skill at pressing to successfully put pressure on their opponents. Grilled's Bukhari Abd Hamid received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 38 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 3 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Goal!'s Ong Ping Seng left the field after 40 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Ng Fu Jian. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

The home crowd was not impressed when Ola Martinsson came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 48 minutes. Grilled were now up 0 - 4. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Ulf Hjortlind was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 57 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. With 80 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was Bukhari Abd Hamid. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Grilled's Bukhari Abd Hamid a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 81 minutes into the game. Ulf Hjortlind hit the ball perfectly after 82 minutes to score for Grilled with a fabulous long shot. 0 - 6. Adhideva Singaram got a fingertip on Ulf Hjortlind's shot from the left 85 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Grilled's Terkel Borup was shown a yellow card after 86 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 52 percent of possession.

Goal!'s top performer was clearly Zheng Khim Hong. Ng Fu Jian on the other hand, had a terrible day. Sylweriusz Zywczyn performed admirably for Grilled. Dragos Olaru turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 6.