The spectators didn't look too happy about the constant raining 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. They fielded: Canabal - Aroztegui, Ionescu, Gromek, Nichols - Marthey, Saturnetti, Šaponja, Olbert, Gimondo - Bontaş.

Starters: Dob - 中北 (Nakakita), Panigrahi - Künzler, Mohammad Harun, Muthyala, Xin Seng, Xin Lee - Ze Han, Egan, Mudaliar.

The teams had chosen different formations for the match. The home team, U.E. Aranesa, went for a 4-5-1, while Grilled Birds has decided to play a 2-5-3 lineup. A magnificent level of counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Aranesa. Grilled clearly preferred using their divine (+6) ability to attack in the middle today. After 18 minutes, Grilled's Cyril Künzler ran past Curt Nichols like he was standing still to put away the 0 - 1 goal. After 22 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Chan Ze Han who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2. Banin Canabal got a fingertip on Chu Xin Lee's shot from the left 28 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Showing that he’s been around the block once or twice, Chan Ze Han scored to make it 0 - 3 for Grilled after putting some pressure on the enemy defense at a critical moment. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Grilled set the tempo, maintaining 66 percent of possession.

A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot from the right by Vikram Mudaliar beat the keeper with 61 minutes played, preventing Grilled from going up another goal. With their counter-attack move halted after 62 minutes, Aranesa were left with a free kick. The ball was passed straight through to the other end of the penalty area, in an attempt to get it to Daniel Bontaş. However, he didn't control well and the ball went out. 63 minutes into the game, Aranesa wanted to bring some new energy to their game. David Šaponja gave Heikki Astola a quick hug as he left the field. As David Šaponja left the field, the coach signaled to Daniel Bontaş to start taking the set pieces that occurred. Grilled came close to extending their lead as 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) delivered a low effort on goal from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot was destined for the side netting. After 64 minutes, Aranesa used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Grilled's Bhavya Panigrahi received a ball slotted perfectly through the home side's central defense after 67 minutes, and chipped it past the helpless keeper to increase the lead to 0 - 4. The away fans won't regret traveling for this one! The visitors' Vikram Mudaliar took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 68 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Grilled. They weren't going to win with their current game plan, so the Aranesa coach told his players how to change things up 72 minutes in. With the clock showing 80 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board. Chu Xin Lee looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for Heng Dong Chu, though he would have liked to continue. As the 80 minute mark approached, the Aranesa manager decided it was time for a substitution. Tommaso Gimondo reluctantly made way for Ali Viitalahti. 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. With 89 minutes played, Bernie Egan nearly put the visitors up by one more as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot whizzed just over the bar. The match ends 0 - 5. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 66 percent possession of the ball.

Daniel Bontaş performed admirably for Aranesa. I can't remember Ali Viitalahti ever having a worse night than he just had. Most important Grilled player was Chan Ze Han. Speaking of stinking up the place, 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.