Clouds darkened the skies at the stadium today. Starters: Dob - 中北 (Nakakita), Panigrahi - Künzler, Mohammad Harun, Muthyala, Xin Seng, Dong Chu - Ze Han, Egan, Mudaliar.

The following players had been selected: Doers - Al-Haj, Kačica, Luppichini - Didier, Ružić, Adrichem, Gamanov, Le Mouel - Cabestany, Wildt.

Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Damarnir, the formation of choice was a 3-5-2. Damarnir seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, using their world class ability to great effect. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 6 minutes of hard work with a breakthrough from Neeraj Muthyala, who, all by his lonesome, came out of the right wing and hooked the ball over the visitors' keeper. Grilled managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when Moey Xin Seng slid in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Things were going from bad to worse for the visitors. Bernie Egan was able to squirm through the central defense after 8 minutes and score, bringing the lead to 3 - 0. Cyril Doers was caught napping as Cyril Künzler lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Well, look at this! Nikki Minaj is on the Jumbotron in naught but pink lipstick, soccer balls, and a Ben Nevis of platinum hair. I've not seen anything like it before. She's not got enough room inside her for a rheumatic pain. Can you hear her? A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's Bernie Egan bringing the lead up to 4 - 0. Neeraj Muthyala let loose a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. It was obvious that Damarnir had instructions to attack in the middle when they directed a break on the wing into the center of the park. The home team's lead was reduced to 4 - 1 after Damarnir's Renzo Adrichem took advantage of a misunderstanding in the center of the defense. 60 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Chan Ze Han gave Kalki Parvathaneni a quick hug as he left the field. As Grilled's captain went off, he handed the armband to Moey Xin Seng. With the clock showing 89 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board. Bhavya Panigrahi looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for Prokop Mottl, though he would have liked to continue. The fourth official announced that there would be 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. Grilled's Bilal Mohammad Harun was delighted to score as he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing keeper and into the net, following some good attacking movement on the right wing. 5 - 1 after 89 minutes. Damarnir's Renzo Adrichem tried his best to get one back with a well placed free kick, but it wasn't quite good enough and Massoud Dob managed to block the shot. The match ends 5 - 1. Looks like Nate Silver was right again - his prediction that Grilled would have 61 percent possession in this half was spot on!

Grilled's best player was Bernie Egan. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by Prokop Mottl today. Most important Damarnir player was Georgi Gamanov. Good thing Nicanor Luppichini isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance.