scorching day at Bearings & Chains, where 52828 spectators were in place for today's match. Phil Bucka was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roberto Santagostino and Hélder Boavida. F.C. tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Gawyler - Badji, Froussos, Kurapov - bin Omar, Dyrvig, Jasuli, Dunavölgyi, 新德 (Xinde) - Kaindl, Essig.

Grilled started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Lineup: Kryus - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Madaini - bin Jantan, Shun An, Jing Wei, 长春 (Changchun), 尊文 (Zunwen) - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.

F.C. demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Grilled used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. F.C. took the lead 12 minutes in, as Manuel Kaindl broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. 14 minutes into the game Grilled's Chow Ying Lee found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. After 36 minutes, 柯. 新德 (Xinde) came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving F.C. the lead. Domenico Essig enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. Manuel Kaindl could have increased the lead after 39 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Halftime score was 2 - 1. F.C. claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

The visitors didn't give in and, after 58 minutes, Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 2 - 2. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 74 minutes allowed 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) to score for Grilled. The scoreboard now read 2 - 3. The crowd was on its feet 75 minutes into the match, as F.C.'s Che Harun bin Omar found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 3 - 3 equaliser. It was obvious that team Grilled had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. 3 - 4 was the score with 78 minutes played, after 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Grilled. Kirill Kurapov wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. 81 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 3 - 5 as Chow Ying Lee finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Grilled increased their lead after 84 minutes when 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) broke through on the right, upping the score to 3 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. That made three goals for 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) and he was marked down for the hat trick. By now, the players in Grilled felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. F.C. enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Domenico Essig performed admirably for F.C.. Kirill Kurapov on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim. 卢. 尊文 (Zunwen) turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 6.