Due to an all-day shower, the spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog. The wet pitch made it difficult for technical or quick players to stand out. For once, the players relying on physical strength gained the upper hand. They fielded: Corrales - Togtov, Óvári - Cantini, Rossijus, Berkan, Prisztavok, Sadowski - Colobran, Llamosí, Townsend.

Lineup: Dob - Webb, Panigrahi - Künzler, Xin Lee, Mohammad Harun, Muthyala, Dong Chu - Egan, Parvathaneni, Xin Seng.

The teams stopped and stared at each other - it was like they were looking in a mirror, since they both lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. The game had been going for 8 minutes when Leodis Townsend came in on the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to put away the 1 - 0 goal, giving ronkis78 the lead. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, ronkis78's Henrik Prisztavok got himself booked. The visitors' Chu Xin Lee was alert on a play coming in from the left, evening things up at 1 - 1 after 10 minutes. 1 - 2 was the score after 16 minutes, when Grilled's Bilal Mohammad Harun cut through the central defense and pounded one in. Bernie Egan's well-known speed was on display as he darted past his defender and sent a beautiful pass through the defender’s legs to Cyril Künzler who scored the 1 - 3 goal. ronkis78 supporters found their voice 20 minutes in as good work down the right got the ball to Leodis Townsend who reduced the visitors' lead to 2 - 3. The home fans looked somber as they watched their team give up another goal, this one coming from their right as Chu Xin Lee put one through the keeper's legs. 2 - 4 after 24 minutes. 2 - 4 was the halftime score. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 56 percent possession of the ball.

With the clock showing 60 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board. Bernie Egan looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for Islom Davlatov, though he would have liked to continue. After 60 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Chu Xin Lee off. Chan Ze Han took his place. 70 minutes into the match, Kalki Parvathaneni came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a ronkis78 substitution. Romuald Fargeas came on for Bahadır Berkan. With things not going too well on the field, the ronkis78 coach made the decision to swap the positions of Romuald Fargeas and Tomasz Sadowski after 76 minutes. Grilled already had the lead, so Gilbert Webb probably won't be too disappointed that his speculative shot from the right 77 minutes in fell wide of the goal. The home club's fans got back into the match when Dani Colobran broke through the visitors' central defense and caught their keeper napping, making it 3 - 4. Grilled's Islom Davlatov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 81 minutes. An accurate cross from Grilled's Cyril Künzler was met with a wonderful off-balance header from Neeraj Muthyala, hitting the inside base of the post before curling up into the back of the net like a dog in front of a fire for 3 - 5. With 84 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 3 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was Chan Ze Han. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot from the right by Gilbert Webb beat the keeper with 85 minutes played, preventing Grilled from going up another goal. The fourth official announced that there would be 3 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. The match ends 3 - 6. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 57 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Most important ronkis78 player was Dani Colobran. Good thing Honorio Corrales isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance. Grilled's best player was Moey Xin Seng. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because Gilbert Webb seemed to stumble all over the pitch.