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

Lineup: Ainger - Salas, Janijol Uulu, Bunyameen, Nicolussi, Tettamanti - Zambrano, Adelaar, Duvennest, Chiume, Valeckis -.

Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Favorit, the formation of choice was a 5-5-0. A formidable (9) level of counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Grilled. Favorit used their divine (+5) (25) ability to focus on getting players in position for long range shots. Ulrich Duvennest tipped the corner kick right to the keeper, who mishandled it, giving Favorit's Taufiq Arrahman Bunyameen a chance to knock it in for 0 - 1. Kalki Parvathaneni of Grilled finished off the counter-attack from the left rather easily, making it 1 - 1. Diego Zambrano was doing a great job on the wing, sending in a brilliant pass to his teammates in the middle, but Demilio Adelaar seemed unable to profit from this excellent service. With 27 minutes played, Favorit's Demilio Adelaar received a yellow card for challenging a play with his cleats first. The 33 minute mark saw the home team take a 2 - 1 lead after a breaking through on the left. The scorer for Grilled was Bhavya Panigrahi. It was 2 - 1 at the break. 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. 50 minutes into the game, Grilled's Chan Ze Han tried to nail the coffin shut, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's Kalle ter Berg got himself booked. After 74 minutes Favorit showed some great patience outside the penalty area, waiting until Ulrich Duvennest could find the right opportunity to finish off the attack from distance. The long shot, however, was an easy catch for Massoud Dob. It was obvious that Favorit set up their play to get a shooter in position, and after 79 minutes they succeeded with their tactics when Bridgemohan Chiume found a hole in the defense and his long shot left the keeper without a chance. 2 - 2. After 84 minutes, Grilled began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition. 吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) 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 88 minutes into the match, 3 to 2. There'll be no Turkish Delight after the match for the keeper! The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 1 minutes of added time, they welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 3 - 2. Looks like Nate Silver was right again - his prediction that Favorit would have 56 percent possession in this half was spot on!

Grilled's best player was Moey Xin Seng. Good thing Bhavya Panigrahi isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance. Darren Ainger performed admirably for Favorit. Speaking of stinking up the place, Arimantas Valeckis sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.