Weather conditions were pretty good for football today. Starters: Dob - Panigrahi, Jeftić - 敬龙 (Jinglong), Ze Han, ter Berg, Kamel, Xin Lee - Parvathaneni, Xin Seng, Egan.

The following players had been selected: Al-Jabor - Parker, Lichoň, Muralev, Hoppari, Janoštík - Laubert, Damjanić, Godlieb, Franklyn - Stefanović.

Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas FC_Catalunia lined up in a 5-4-1. Grilled used their divine (+7) (27) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the field. Using their utopian (19) counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Catalunia today. After 12 minutes of play, Kalki Parvathaneni gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. With 21 minutes played, Nico-Jan Laubert knocked one home from a counter-attack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 1. After 24 minutes, Catalunia's Pavle Stefanović made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. 27 minutes in, Catalunia appeared unsure on how to play and their organization was only passable (6). Halftime score was 1 - 2. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 62 percent possession of the ball.

A review of the gameplan helped Catalunia get back to a solid (7) organization to start the second half. Grilled tried to even things up by sending a long ball through the middle, but the visitors' defense easily read the pass. What was Antonio Damjanić thinking? That's what everyone wondered when, for no apparent reason, he shot a cross pass over his own penalty area, giving Bernie Egan an extra chance, but unfortunately for Grilled, he didn't get the shot right. 55 minutes into the game, Moey Xin Seng came close to leveling the score with a dangerous shot from the center of the area that went just over the bar. The away team's Pavle Stefanović took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 62 minutes increasing Catalunia's lead to 1 - 3. 67 minutes into the game, Catalunia seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid (7). After 70 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Bhavya Panigrahi off. Gilbert Webb took his place. Good work by Catalunia's defensive line after 78 minutes produced a good counter-attack chance, one of which cut elegantly down the middle of the field and found Nico-Jan Laubert alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. As the 80 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution. 吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) reluctantly made way for Heng Dong Chu. 80 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Kalki Parvathaneni gave Vikram Mudaliar a quick hug as he left the field. It was announced by the fourth official that he estimated stoppage time to be around 1 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match! The match ends 1 - 3. Well, look at this! Cardi B is on the Enormotron in naught but giant sunglasses, red tassles, and a Holy Hand Grenades of Antioch tank top. I've not seen anything like it before. Moey Xin Seng performed admirably for Grilled. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because Chu Xin Lee seemed to stumble all over the pitch. Catalunia's best player was Benjamin Godlieb. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by Joonas Hoppari today.