iv id="matchReport"> The rain was pouring down at the stadium today. For strong, physical players the heavy rain was easy to overcome, it was even an advantage given their style of play. Others, such as the quick or technical ones, made bleaker appearances. The following players took the field: Dob - 中北 (Nakakita), Trung Quá - Künzler, Davlatov, Mohammad Harun, Xin Lee, Romijn - Mudaliar, Ze Han, Parvathaneni.

The following players had been chosen: Libermanas - Sicuranza, Heteş, Gérard - Pinto Mendes, Donati, Pintimalli, Stickland, Demartini - Pelikan, Moes.

Grilled Birds entered the field in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, Sandman, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their mythical level with that tactic. Islom Davlatov seemed to be impossibly far from the goal, but he looked up and bang! A real cracker for Grilled after 8 minutes. 1 - 0. After 13 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by Giovanni Donati. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Islom Davlatov from Grilled a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 14 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 22 minutes, Sandman's Lazzaro Sicuranza made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 54 percent of the ball.

After 46 minutes, Grilled switched Hoàng Trung Quá with Gilbert Webb" class="homeplayer">Gilbert Webb, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Grilled, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 61 minutes played, Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee of Grilled made the score 2 - 2. 72 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Sandman substitution. Giuliano Bottini came on for Alessandro Pintimalli. Giovanni Donati was handed the Sandman captain's armband. The referee showed Sandman's Lazzaro Sicuranza the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The swift technical skills of Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow Giovanni Donati who was humiliated after 78 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide. 81 minutes in, Sandman's Max Heteş received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Bilal Mohammad Harun" class="homeplayer">Bilal Mohammad Harun gave Grilled the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 3 - 2 Grilled solidified their lead at the 83 minute mark, as Chan Ze Han" class="homeplayer">Chan Ze Han dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 2. After 84 minutes Narciso Pinto Mendes seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for Sandman making it 4 - 3. The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, José Luiz Velho came on for Chu Xin Lee" class="homeplayer">Chu Xin Lee. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 4 - 3. Grilled had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Grilled's top performer was clearly Kalki Parvathaneni" class="homeplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni. José Luiz Velho on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Sandman player was Samuel Pelikan. However, Narciso Pinto Mendes made a disastrous appearance.