090 spectators had come to The Cooking Pot this cloudy day. Angelo Bissola was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luigi Mastrota and Nic Riekmann. Grilled started off with a 2-5-3 lineup.The following players took the field: Tian Han - Filippone, bin Ahmad - Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Ping Shun, Jing Wei, 福泉 (Fuquan) - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.
Manchester had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation.Starters: Barning - Churilov, Ovelar - Buda, Hengen, Coca, Hausladen, Närhi - Bugaev, Steinboeck, Ault.
Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle.Manchester decided to play creatively.Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 4 minutes into the match, and C. Buda wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors.After 35 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Hausladen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2.V. Steinboeck received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 36 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Manchester fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early.The home team's supporters got excited again when W. Shun An broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 3.A drive down the left side allowed V. Bugaev to get in close and score another goal for Manchester after 38 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 4.After 39 minutes Manchester's G. Ovelar contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game.It was 1 - 4 at the break.Possession was split evenly between the teams.
Manchester increased their lead after 55 minutes when G. Ovelar broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay.Confident in their lead, Manchester's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.Z. Churilov increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 6.Some fine movement on the left led to a Manchester goal after 62 minutes, making it 1 - 7. D. Coca was noted down as the scorer.67 minutes in, Grilled's Z. Jing Wei received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.Manchester's S. Barning went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention.After 75 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave F. Hengen a chance to increase the lead for Manchester, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 8.Manchester's C. Buda was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent.Grilled needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 88 minutes G. Filippone made way for Q. Madaini.Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.
Grilled's top performer was clearly C. Ying Lee.W. Ping Shun on the other hand, had a terrible day.The most dominating Manchester player was without a doubt V. Bugaev.However, Z. Churilov made a disastrous appearance.The match ends 1 - 8.