Weather conditions were fairly good for football at the stadium today. Starters: Dob - Webb, Panigrahi - Kamel, Mohammad Harun, ter Berg, Xin Seng, Xin Lee - Parvathaneni, Mudaliar, Egan.

The following players took the field: Modafferi - Yalçın, van der Burgh - N'Guett, Wanyama, Wallace, Charlton, Pardoel - Milik, Rooney, 智傑 (Zhijie).

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. Grilled's Salah Kamel had a good first touch on the flank, but was quickly closed down so he crossed to Kalle ter Berg who somehow managed to curl the ball wide. With 28 minutes played Kalki Parvathaneni almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Vikram Mudaliar is making an astonishing dash. The fans are chanting his name. You can hear it reverberate around the stadium. Now a manic sprint up the middle and into the box. Oh! He's thrown open the door! He's thrown open the door, shot the ball through, and slammed the door shut on Mr. Tumnus! Grilled has taken the lead 31 minutes into the match, 1 to 0. There'll be no Turkish Delight after the match for the keeper! With 32 minutes played, Grilled's Salah Kamel received a yellow card for challenging a play with his cleats first. After a play down the right 35 minutes into the match, Grilled's Kalle ter Berg unleashed a ferocious shot that smashed into the roof of the net - after going over the crossbar. Grilled's Chu Xin Lee 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. 2 - 0 after 36 minutes. Bhavya Panigrahi's curling free kick almost found the goal for Grilled, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 57 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Things were going from bad to worse for the visitors. Vikram Mudaliar was able to squirm through the central defense after 49 minutes and score, bringing the lead to 3 - 0. Big paper red cards were being held up by the opposing supporters with 59 minutes on the clock after Arkadiusz Milik's mistimed tackle from behind. The referee only showed the Lightnings player a yellow card though. After 60 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Bhavya Panigrahi off. 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) took his place. As Bhavya Panigrahi left the field, the coach signaled to 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) to start taking the set pieces that occurred. 60 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Chan Ze Han came on for Moey Xin Seng. Chan Ze Han was handed the Grilled captain's armband. With 73 minutes played, Chu Xin Lee could have brought this one home for Grilled as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Was it the hair gel? Was it a gift from the gods? Either way, the faithful won't care. Soaring like a Saturn V, Salah Kamel somehow got his head on a 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) moonshot from the corner and buried it in the back of the net. What grace! What power! Plant the flag for Grilled, Neil Armstrong! The score is now 4 - 0. Cheers filled the stadium as 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) broke through the visitors' central defense to put away the 5 - 0 goal for Grilled. 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 home side's Kalki Parvathaneni came close to extending the lead after 89 minutes. His shot came in from the right but Valerio Modafferi managed to push it wide with his fingertips. The match ends 5 - 0. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 58 percent possession of the ball.

Bernie Egan performed admirably for Grilled. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because 悠太 (Yuta) 中北 (Nakakita) seemed to stumble all over the pitch. The most outstanding Lightnings player was without a doubt Arkadiusz Milik. Speaking of stinking up the place, Gökhan Yalçın sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.