Due to an all-day shower, the spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog. For strong, physical players the heavy rain was easy to overcome, it was even an advantage given their style of play. Others, such as the quick or technical ones, made bleaker appearances. Starters: Joelsson - Bellosi, Lazarević, Szwerczyński - Guidolin, Migda, Gallagher, Caço, Caloisi - Esteves, Kilián.

The following players took the field: Salmiņš - Panigrahi, Jeftić - Chuan Yong, Xin Seng, Mohammad Harun, Kamel, Parvathaneni - Mudaliar, Ze Han, Egan.

romualda trundled out to the pitch in a 3-5-2 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup. Grilled had a good opportunity to score the go-ahead goal after a combination on the right but the home team's keeper Ulf Joelsson saved Salah Kamel's shot that was headed straight to the top corner. Grilled took the lead 28 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. Moey Xin Seng was the scorer. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Moey Xin Seng was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 30 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 41 minutes into the game, Grilled worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. 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. Maybe it was because of his team's lead, or maybe it was due to the ease with which he broke down the left, but Kalki Parvathaneni was a bit too sure of his talents, so instead of taking the easy tap-in goal after 53 minutes, he went for the backheel, which he put woefully wide. Ulf Joelsson got a fingertip on Chan Ze Han's shot from the left 56 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. With the clock showing 60 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board. Bhavya Panigrahi looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for Gilbert Webb, though he would have liked to continue. The visitors' Gilbert Webb took advantage of a mix-up between the home side's goalie and center backs 61 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled. Alessandro Caloisi really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great flick by Novak Lazarević after a corner. The away team's Vikram Mudaliar took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 65 minutes increasing Grilled's lead to 0 - 3. Bernie Egan came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but his attempted chip over Ulf Joelsson just kept rising and landed in the relieved crowd. As the 89 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution. Bilal Mohammad Harun reluctantly made way for Radovan Jaška. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 1 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 0 - 3. Grilled set the tempo, maintaining 65 percent of possession.

Fulvio Esteves performed admirably for romualda. Speaking of stinking up the place, Ulf Joelsson sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham. Grilled's top performer was clearly Chan Ze Han. Good thing Radovan Jaška isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance.