iv id="matchReport"> Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 42729 at Commonwealth today. Tomas Hasselbratt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jonathan Weingrill and Akıner Pala. Westral had chosen a strategic 5-5-0 formation. They fielded: Chan - Ze Long, Ho Kwang, Tian Dong, Feng Puay, Ruslan Haikal - Wai Fu, Idris, Kiong Dong, Wing, Ezz -.

Grilled decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Tian Han - 中北 (Nakakita), van der Ban - Prabhu, Xin Lee, Xin Seng, Parvathaneni, Aik Jia - Dvorak, 勇航 (Yonghang) , Wan Kang.

The strategy for Westral was to use their outstanding ability to press. The pressing tactics used by Westral were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Westral's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Westral had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

The corner kick from K. Ezz was powerfully met by the head of C. Idris to make the score 1 - 0. The visitors refused to give in and, after 50 minutes, 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 Grilled's M. Xin Seng was shown a yellow card after 55 minutes for slicing down an opponent. S. Ruslan Haikal of Westral had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. J. Sheung came in to finish the match. Westral pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. The referee showed Westral's Y. Wai Fu the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. As the 89 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution. L. Aik Jia reluctantly made way for L. Nguyen on the pitch. After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. Westral claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

Westral's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. As the match clock reached 104 minutes, Westral's organisation began to suffer due to a lack of experience. There was still no winner after 30 minutes of extra time so the teams had to select a lineup for a penalty shoot-out to settle the result.

Westral's T. Wing cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn't produce a goal. Oooh - how unlucky! Grilled's C. Xin Lee attempt hit the underside of the bar, but rebounded down into the grateful arms of J. Chan. The score stays 1 - 1. Westral's S. Tian Dong was relaxed as he smoothly put the ball in the net. 2 - 1! Grilled's K. Parvathaneni looked nervous even as he was putting the ball on the spot. He didn't take much of a run up, and his weak shot was easily saved by the keeper. Westral's C. Kiong Dong didn't hesitate but W. Tian Han managed the save, resulting in an unchanged 2 - 1 score. Grilled's M. Xin Seng looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. Still 2 - 1. Westral's K. Ezz didn't look like he was confident as he stepped up, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of W. Tian Han. The score remained 2 - 1. The crowd was awed by L. Nguyen's finely placed shot for Grilled making it 2 - 2. A confident L. Ho Kwang of Westral put the ball right where he wanted, but W. Tian Han was right there for the save. No goal. Clearly nervous from the start, Grilled's 悠. 中北 (Nakakita) took a long run up, but could only blast the ball over the bar. The score remains 2 - 2. Westral's C. Idris penalty shot was very well placed but W. Tian Han went the right way, blocking it spectacularly. The score was still 2 - 2. Grilled's R. van der Ban coolly put the ball past J. Chan. 2 - 3. The match ends 2 - 3. T. Wing performed admirably for Westral. On the other hand, J. Chan's play was disheartening. Most important Grilled player was 田. 勇航 (Yonghang) . However, R. van der Ban made a disastrous appearance.