Clear skies welcomed the spectators who had made their way to the stadium today. They fielded: Dob - Panigrahi, Jeftić - 敬龙 (Jinglong), Ze Han, ter Berg, Kamel, Xin Lee - Parvathaneni, Xin Seng, Egan.

Starters: Djurhuus - Beringuilho, Marquis, Taranek - Buchanan, Hollberg, Brandenbaum, Baxtiyorov - Eines, Lakie, Moubandje.

Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas gringo united lined up in a 3-4-3. Like the adage A mistake by the home side's central defense after 6 minutes allowed Pablo Federico Buchanan to score for gringo. The visitors have the lead, 0 - 1. Bernie Egan made a superb effort after 12 minutes after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second to preserve the away lead. After 15 minutes, Moey Xin Seng went down looking for a penalty after a challenge on the left side of the box, but the referee told him to get up and keep playing. gringo's Werner Brandenbaum was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 18 minutes. Bernie Egan was just a finger's width away from an equalizer for Grilled with a strike from the left, but Óli Djurhuus managed to deflect the shot out for a corner. gringo almost scored after a counter-attack 28 minutes into the match, but Adrian Lakie took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side netting. No matter how hard he tried, Moey Xin Seng just couldn't get past the visitors' right side defense 29 minutes in and eventually the ball was cleared away. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 65 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Chu Xin Lee charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equalizer for Grilled, but the shot went well wide of the goal. With a shot lofted in from just outside the penalty area 69 minutes in, Kalle ter Berg of Grilled evened the score to 1 - 1. 70 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Bhavya Panigrahi gave Gilbert Webb a quick hug as he left the field. 72 minutes into the game, Sobir Baxtiyorov was a hair's width away from giving gringo the lead with a shot from the left. A timely dive by Massoud Dob saved the home team on this occasion. gringo's Jan Eines placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but Pablo Federico Buchanan couldn't finish. After 80 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving 吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) off. Heng Dong Chu took his place. After 80 minutes of play, Chu Xin Lee gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Grilled's Moey Xin Seng had an excellent opportunity 81 minutes in, shooting after bringing down a ball from the right, but he missed the goal by miles! Grilled's Bernie Egan 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. 3 - 1 after 85 minutes. The fourth official announced that there would be 1 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. The match ends 3 - 1. Looks like Nate Silver was right again - his prediction that Grilled would have 65 percent possession in this half was spot on!

Grilled's best player was Moey Xin Seng. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by Chu Xin Lee today. Adrian Lakie performed admirably for gringo. I can't remember Amílcar Beringuilho ever having a worse night than he just had.