iv id="matchReport"> 72977 spectators arrived at The Cooking Pot, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Mika Tervakallio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Damien Grénot and Florent Kerbrat. Grilled started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Filippone - 长春 (Changchun), Ping Shun, Meyer, Jing Wei, Shun An - Ying Lee, bin Sabtu, 勇航 (Yonghang).

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Manchester. They fielded: Barning - Roszkowiak, Tejada Jávea - Dymnich, Genovè, Hausladen, Nicoară, Närhi - Bugaev, Ault, Djeghbala.

Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle. They were singing the praises of C. Ying Lee 13 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Grilled. Manchester levelled the score after 29 minutes to make it 1 - 1, as I. Nicoară struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. Grilled's C. bin Sabtu was shown a yellow card after 31 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Hausladen of Manchester had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. D. Coca came in to finish the match. The terraces were silenced after 36 minutes when Manchester's I. Nicoară put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. After 37 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed V. Dymnich to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 3. After 42 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for V. Bugaev who increased Manchester's lead to 1 - 4. A well placed corner kick from W. Ping Shun was followed by C. Meyer's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Grilled, the score now 2 - 4. With 44 minutes played, W. Shun An was very close to reducing the score for Grilled with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. It was 2 - 4 at the break. Grilled had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

The referee showed Manchester's V. Bugaev the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 58 minutes into the game, Manchester worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. 61 minutes in, Grilled's 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The crowd groaned when C. bin Sabtu, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Grilled. M. Närhi seems to have an uncanny ability to try the unusual. He nearly produced a great goal - unfortunately for Manchester his shot went just wide this time. The home crowd was not impressed when V. Bugaev came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 68 minutes. Manchester were now up 2 - 5. Grilled's C. Meyer had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 81 minutes having been played. N. Vandeneynde was the replacement. Grilled's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 83 minutes into the match as C. bin Sabtu ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 3 - 5. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Grilled's top performer was clearly 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) . C. bin Sabtu on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Manchester player was without a doubt V. Bugaev. Ł. Roszkowiak turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 5.