The weather was pretty good at the stadium today for the match. Starters: Laasonen - Beuerle, Urzică, Kuhar - Long, Paradis, Heinrich, Hacınecipoğlu, Hang - Vaněk, Matejkowski.

The following players took the field: Dob - Webb, Panigrahi - Künzler, Xin Lee, Mohammad Harun, Muthyala, Dong Chu - Egan, Parvathaneni, Xin Seng.

Village Bombers United trundled out to the pitch in a 3-5-2 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup. See how Frederic Beuerle has had to abandon his regular position to follow Bilal Mohammad Harun around? That leaves a big gap for his mates to cover! Oh dear - the keeper's made a mess of that one. The crowd was very disappointed after he let Moey Xin Seng get the go-ahead goal with a speculative shot from the right after 23 minutes. 0 - 1. Moey Xin Seng somehow managed to break free of his man on the left wing and only needed a relatively easy finish to bring Grilled's lead up to 0 - 2. The incalculable Frederic Beuerle of Village did everything right as he set up Jiří Vaněk for a goal after 32 minutes. Unfortunately, the strike missed its target. With 32 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, Gilbert Webb needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. A couple of inches to the right and Sedrick Hang's free kick 33 minutes into the match would have resulted in the goal of the year for Village. After 33 minutes, Village sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached Yann Paradis, who had plenty of time to shoot and score - 1 - 2. Some fine one-twos on the left led to a Grilled goal with 35 minutes gone, making it 1 - 3. Moey Xin Seng was noted down as the scorer. That was his third goal of the match - a hattrick for Moey Xin Seng! That's the name of the game! The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 3. Nikki Minaj appeared on the Jumbotron wearing pink lipstick, a towering pile of platinum-white hair, and a pair of soccer balls. As the 60 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution. Bernie Egan reluctantly made way for Islom Davlatov. 60 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Chan Ze Han came on for Chu Xin Lee. Village supporters found their voice 67 minutes in as good work down the right got the ball to Jiří Vaněk who reduced the visitors' lead to 2 - 3. Village's Andy Heinrich made a successful breakthrough on the left after 71 minutes and should have tied things up, but instead he sent it over the bar. The crowd chanted their encouragement as Village's August Matejkowski came in from the right after 75 minutes and put the ball in the net to even the score at 3 - 3. 80 minutes into the game, Moey Xin Seng had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. After 80 minutes, Grilled began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition. Village broke through on the left after 82 minutes, with Jiří Vaněk firing at an impossible angle to give the home side a 4 - 3 lead. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time, they welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 4 - 3. Village set the tempo, maintaining 54 percent of possession.

Village's best player was August Matejkowski. Speaking of stinking up the place, Milan Kuhar sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham. Most important Grilled player was Islom Davlatov. Good thing Bilal Mohammad Harun isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance.