iv id="matchReport"> Dark skies made the crowd of 44966 at Aljunied Bridge a little nervous, but the rain held off. Knud Kläsener was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jimmi Moestrup and Menandro Loberas. Joker started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Mõniste - 淵 (Yuan), Jun Tong - Stănculescu, Naik, Pin Jing, Ng, Meda - van Wijngaarden, Iriztain, Merola.

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Filippone - Ping Shun, Shun An, 长春 (Changchun), Lee Hao, Leong Kum - Isufi, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Ying Lee.

Joker took a creative approach on the field. K. van Wijngaarden gave Joker the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 30 minutes in, Joker's R. Stănculescu received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Grilled's W. Shun An was shown a yellow card after 36 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Joker's V. Iriztain increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 39 minutes. K. Ng always provides an aerial threat at corners, and with 40 minutes gone, he demonstrated this, outjumping his marker, then letting out an anguished howl as his powerful header went narrowly wide. Joker managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when W. Jun Tong cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The home team's fans were upset when, after 44 minutes, the visiting C. Ying Lee broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 3 - 1 was the score. Joker solidified their lead at the 44 minute mark, as R. Stănculescu dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1. The players of Joker now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. It was 4 - 1 at the break. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Joker's R. Merola increasing the lead to 5 - 1. Speedy C. Ying Lee tried one of his patented rushes 59 minutes into the game, but W. Jun Tong was just as fast and averted the attack. The unexpected cross pass from Grilled's A. Leong Kum after 61 minutes opened up the defence and was received by C. Ying Lee who finished off for 5 - 2. The visitors' right side was dangerous today; W. Shun An made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily scored to reduce the lead to 5 - 3 66 minutes into the match. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave V. Meda from Joker a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 71 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! R. Isufi of Grilled received a yellow card after 80 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 81 minutes into the game, W. Ping Shun had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came L. Aik Jia. As W. Ping Shun left the field, the coach signaled to A. Leong Kum to be the new set pieces taker. With 89 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. R. bin Ahmad came on, G. Filippone had to leave the fray. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

The most dominating Joker player was without a doubt K. van Wijngaarden. W. Jun Tong on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Grilled player was 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) . However, R. bin Ahmad made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 3.