rk skies made the crowd of 7000 at Balestier Lane a little nervous, but the rain held off. Danny Ruding was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vassil Vúlkov and Ferdinand Strolz. Balestier tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Quyny - Pik-Mei, Kwok, Mishra, bin Daud - Shin-ichi, Shi-Kai, Ah-Cy, Vinh-Phat - Chong-Teck, Yong-Sup.

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Bao-Tam - Zywczyn, Bona, Fredgård - Spirig, Jie Siong, Abd Hamid, Borup, Olaru - Martinsson, Hjortlind.

Grilled's Dani Spirig gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 6 minutes with a superb strike from the right. Bukhari Abd Hamid's lack of experience almost gave Balestier a goal after 20 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. 23 minutes into the match Balestier's Zhong Shin-ichi viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. Grilled's Lee Jie Siong received a play slashing through the home side's central defense after 25 minutes, and chipped it past the keeper to score the 0 - 2 goal. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. The home crowd was not impressed when Sylweriusz Zywczyn came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 30 minutes. Grilled were now up 0 - 3. After 34 minutes, Grilled's Lee Jie Siong burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4. 35 minutes in, Grilled's Anders Fredgård received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 80 percent of possession.

ZhangCai Quyny got a fingertip on Ulf Hjortlind's shot from the left 51 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. The visitors' Lee Jie Siong took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs 57 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Grilled. That made three goals for Lee Jie Siong and he was marked down for the hat trick. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. A thrilling play through the middle 78 minutes into the match gave Grilled's Sylweriusz Zywczyn a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6. Balestier's Au-Yong Ah-Cy was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Terkel Borup's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Grilled, he bravely continued in the match. After 84 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed Sylweriusz Zywczyn to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 7. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for Sylweriusz Zywczyn. A thrilling play through the middle 85 minutes into the match gave Grilled's Ola Martinsson a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 8. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 80 percent of possession.

Most important Balestier player was Woo Pik-Mei. Mohd Ramzi bin Daud was a disappointment, however. Grilled's top performer was clearly Anders Fredgård. However, Bukhari Abd Hamid made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 8.