4354 spectators had come to The Cooking Pot this cloudy day. Samuel Robinet was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hal Davis and Tomáš Mikulenčák. The following players took the field: Rykowski - Trung Quá, Velho, Thevar - Mohammad Harun, Ze Han, Xin Seng, Egan, Panigrahi - Mottl, Parvathaneni.

The following players had been chosen: Leijten - Fareed, Valiathan, Paranavithana, Asuri - Senanayake, Premaratne, De Zoysa, Sirisena, Prasanna - Attygalle.

Grilled Birds fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For FC LANKA CLUB, the formation of choice was 4-5-1. Many thought Chan Ze Han ought to have been awarded a penalty 2 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around Jacob Leijten after a determined run through the middle. Bhavya Panigrahi gave Grilled the lead with a beautiful free kick after 4 minutes. 1 - 0! With 16 minutes played, Grilled's Hoàng Trung Quá almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Bhavya Panigrahi increased Grilled's lead to 2 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. Grilled's Bernie Egan saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 32 minutes. It emerged that Bernie Egan had hurt his right foot after 34 minutes, which led him to abandon the game. Gilbert Webb had already been warming up, and came on for Bernie Egan. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 76 percent of the ball.

After 53 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and Chan Ze Han gave the Grilled supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Chan Ze Han from Grilled a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 54 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Grilled put in a good effort on the right, but Moey Xin Seng saw his volley fly wide of the mark 61 minutes into the game. 67 minutes into the game, Grilled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. Eric Prasanna's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert Manoj Attygalle was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for LANKA. 3 - 1. Chirag Thevar would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. Jérémy Tarin entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 80 minutes. Coming from the right, Bilal Mohammad Harun almost managed to score another goal for Grilled, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's Chan Ze Han increasing the lead to 4 - 1. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. After 89 minutes, Grilled were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. Kalki Parvathaneni did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. The match ends 4 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.

Kalki Parvathaneni performed admirably for Grilled. Krystian Rykowski turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important LANKA player was Eric Prasanna. On the other hand, Janitha De Zoysa's play was disheartening.