Weather conditions were pretty good for football today. The following players took the field: Sambi - Kahangi, Omwayo, Soul�, Velonjara - Selemani, Dhoinine, Soul� Elbak, Bacar, Selemani - Lueftner.

Starters: Dob - Webb, Panigrahi - K�nzler, Mohammad Harun, Muthyala, Kamel, Dong Chu - Ze Han, Mudaliar, Egan.

It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 4-5-1 formation while the visitors instead opted for a 2-5-3. Oh dear - the keeper's made a mess of that one. The crowd was very disappointed after he let Chan Ze Han get the go-ahead goal with a speculative shot from the right after 17 minutes. 0 - 1. Maybe Neeraj Muthyala should join the aquatics team instead. He went down dramatically after 27 minutes, crying out with agony as he fell. The referee was not impressed, though, and showed him a yellow for diving. After 32 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Neeraj Muthyala who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2. Bernie Egan's Road Runneresque speed was too much for Thomas Kahangi, who could only look on as the Grilled player blasted one home. 0 - 3. Grilled's Neeraj Muthyala received a ball slotted perfectly through the home side's central defense after 36 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! After 37 minutes, Grilled's Salah Kamel burst through the central defense and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Grilled set the tempo, maintaining 68 percent of possession.

The ball was in the back of the home team's net yet again after 53 minutes, but this time the referee called the goal back because Chan Ze Han had knocked a member of the opposing team to the ground while the play occurred down the middle of the field. 69 minutes into the match, Bernie Egan came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. 70 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty and Cyril K�nzler was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 6, rolling the ball in off the right post. The visitors' Vikram Mudaliar took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 74 minutes into the match. 0 - 7 for Grilled. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time. That ball had all kinds of swerve! The home keeper was rooted in place 90 minutes into the match as Cyril K�nzler's unstoppable free kick whizzed by him, making the scoreline even worse for his fans. 0 - 8. The match ends 0 - 8. Looks like Nate Silver was right again - his prediction that Grilled would have 68 percent possession in this half was spot on!

Ahmed Abdallah Soul� Elbak performed admirably for Ombaomba. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because Thomas Kahangi seemed to stumble all over the pitch. Grilled's best player was Chan Ze Han. I can't remember Bhavya Panigrahi ever having a worse night than he just had.