iv id="matchReport"> As the referee started preparing for kick-off, a smattering of fireworks set off in the stands of the Grilled fans, followed by song. After a short delay, the match could start as planned.

66636 spectators had come to HitMen Arena this cloudy day. Dan Pettersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernal Coronado and Boris Filippov. The match took place on neutral ground. Joker started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Magallón - Rambli, 双元 (Shuangyuan), bin Raja Hassan - Stănculescu, Naik, Ng, Fung, Meda - Iriztain, Theotokatos.

Grilled decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , bin Ahmad - Ping Shun, Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Jing Wei, Meyer - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.

Joker displayed their ability to play creatively. R. Stănculescu fired a shot from distance after 22 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Joker. 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) had a good try after 23 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. V. Iriztain caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 35 minutes. This gave Joker the 1 - 0 lead. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 36 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but E. Magallón got the best of it, blocking the shot from 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) . It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Coming through the middle M. bin Mohd Kassim almost scored the equaliser for Grilled after 56 minutes, but E. Magallón made an excellent save, tipping the awkward curled shot past the post. Joker had a magnificent opportunity after 57 minutes as N. Naik hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. V. Iriztain sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from 魏. 双元 (Shuangyuan) after 63 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Joker lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Grilled reduced the lead after 68 minutes to 2 - 1 as 朱. 长春 (Changchun) easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. After 73 minutes, Joker began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition. Grilled had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

The most dominating Joker player was without a doubt T. Theotokatos. However, M. Rambli made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's top performer was clearly M. bin Mohd Kassim. On the other hand, C. Meyer's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.