ercast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 44740 at Tropico today. Alexander Kotsik was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jeremias Runkel and Charles-Henri Pelissier. 83ers had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Ng - Rosenau, Curvello, Confalonieri - Hühnerhaufen, Albl, Siemons, Ayuso, Mitjà - Elias, Böck.

Grilled started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Stacey - Djekshenkulov, bin Jantan - Gudivada, 尊文 (Zunwen) , Iten, 长春 (Changchun), Shaahee - Bellamoli, 恒才 (Hengcai), 勇航 (Yonghang).

83ers were relying on their ability to counter-attack. 83ers were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 11 minutes, Andreas Hühnerhaufen swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 1 - 0. Grilled tied it all up, 15 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by Paolo Iten, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, 83ers's Andreas Hühnerhaufen somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Danny Elias, who struck for 2 - 1. With 22 minutes played, 田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) came in from the right and could have had the tying goal, but the defenders successfully repelled the attack by Grilled. Against a lesser team, 83ers could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 25 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. 83ers increased the lead as Danny Elias struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 60 percent of the ball.

Grilled reduced the lead after 48 minutes to 3 - 2 as 田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. 83ers's Jaromír Albl got himself booked for a foul. Grilled were forced to a substitution as Pompeo Bellamoli couldn't continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing Hung Wee Li to come in from the sidelines. The referee showed Grilled's Seytek Djekshenkulov the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Grilled had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

Jaromír Albl performed admirably for 83ers. However, Theodore Ng made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was 田 (Tian) 勇航 (Yonghang) . On the other hand, Mayur Gudivada's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.