ather conditions were fairly good for football, and The Cousins Arena saw a crowd turnout of 7000. Blair Usman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pyry Tetri and Oden Jansson. Cousins tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Grilled had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation.

Grilled had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 3 minutes in when Koo Chin-shu came up alone against Miao Sie-Chye who managed a block. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson of Grilled received a yellow card after 26 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Grilled took the lead after 34 minutes with 0 - 1. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. With 36 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, Gai Chanh needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. 36 minutes into the game, Grilled worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 53 percent of possession.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Cousins's Shi Ser-Kiat got himself booked. 58 minutes into the game, Cousins seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a disastrous level of organization. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's Gai Chanh got himself booked. After 68 minutes of play, Yang Chun-Hin equalised for Cousins after an elegant attack from the right. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams.



The most dominating Cousins player was without a doubt Harizul Izuan bin Mustaffa. However, Lan Ling-Lai made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Hang Bao-Tam. Gao Seng-kar on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.