iv id="matchReport"> Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 55007 to Sanzo Arena. José León was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Enrique Llácer and Attila Bai. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for akodo. Starters: Kiong Rong - Musa, Chang - Kwang Min, Hu, Taqiuddin, Qiang Fu, Singeetham - Banda, Jalaluddin, 星 (Hoshi).

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Tian Han - 福泉 (Fuquan) , Filippone - Ping Shun, Won, Meyer, Lee Hao, Leong Kum - bin Mohd Kassim, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Isufi.

14 minutes into the match, the speedy 和. 星 (Hoshi) easily outpaced 凌. 福泉 (Fuquan) , chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 0. akodo solidified their lead at the 15 minute mark, as V. Banda dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. Grilled were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 22 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to C. Meyer, who smashed it home to make the score 2 - 1. 26 minutes into the game Grilled's G. Filippone found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 2 - 2. After a savage shot that could only be parried by the keeper, V. Banda demonstrated his experience by being in just the right place to slot home the rebound. His goal for akodo 33 minutes into the match made the score 3 - 2. Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Grilled's W. Ping Shun put the ball in the onion bag after 36 minutes to make it 3 - 3. The home side put themselves ahead 4 - 3 after 37 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from N. Kwang Min, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. With 38 minutes played, akodo put themselves up 5 - 3 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Singeetham, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 5 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 57 percent of the ball.

With 52 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Grilled showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 5 - 4 when C. Won got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. The visiting team's C. Meyer was able to score the 5 - 5 equaliser with a header 53 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. akodo's N. Kwang Min's long shot really ought to have found the net 79 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. The visiting L. Lee Hao was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 81 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 5 - 6 was the score. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

akodo's best player was H. Jalaluddin. However, L. Qiang Fu made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) . G. Filippone turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 6.