4874 spectators had come to The Cooking Pot this cloudy day. Nunzio Palluzzi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ludovico Migliónico and Yair Dunsky. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.They fielded: Seng - Madaini, Filippone, Cisquell - 福泉 (Fuquan) , bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Aik Jia, Ying Lee - Wan Kang, Bellamoli.
Saint-Germain decided to use a 3-4-3 set up.Starters: Duilio - Scheve, Al-Mahmood, Bin Tamim Al-Shaqab - Cailleux, Steiro, Greenhalgh, Charamoglou - Voet, Al-Khater, Craşovan.
With 10 minutes played, L. Aik Jia of Grilled fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.H. Bin Tamim Al-Shaqab received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 18 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score.Grilled took the lead 19 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.I. Craşovan of Saint-Germain received a yellow card after 25 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.26 minutes into the game Saint-Germain's H. Bin Tamim Al-Shaqab found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1.The crowd groaned its disapproval when Q. Madaini missed a free kick that would have given Grilled the lead after 31 minutes.Saint-Germain's H. Bin Tamim Al-Shaqab was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 35 minutes.Saint-Germain's O. Scheve got himself booked for a foul.Due to a severely mistimed tackle, 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) of Grilled spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game.田. 勇航 (Yonghang) caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 39 minutes. This gave Grilled the 2 - 1 lead.Halftime score was 2 - 1.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.
After 64 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after A. Greenhalgh made it through the middle and struck home to make it 2 - 2.The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to C. Ying Lee, but the Grilled player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 3 - 2!The Grilled players could smell victory in the air. L. Wan Kang wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Bacelar after 80 minutes.After 80 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) gave the Grilled supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 2.That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .Cheers filled the stadium as 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 2 to Grilled.Grilled put themselves up 6 - 2 when P. Bellamoli broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.87 minutes into the match, the speedy C. Ying Lee easily outpaced S. Steiro, chipped the keeper and made the score 7 - 2.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.87 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as L. Aik Jia broke through, making the score 8 - 2 for Grilled.The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 88 minutes, G. Dorogan came on for P. Bellamoli.J. Cisquell wanted to play on, but the Grilled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 88 minutes into the game by L. An Chu.Grilled had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.
Grilled's top performer was clearly 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) .D. Seng was a disappointment, however.N. Al-Khater performed admirably for Saint-Germain.On the other hand, S. Al-Mahmood's play was disheartening.The match ends 8 - 2.