The fans braved the pouring rain at the stadium today. The rain was pouring down, it was the kind of weather favoured by strong players who stick to simple football. For players possessing of speed or technical skills, the day really was as grim as for everyone else. Starters: Salmiņš - Panigrahi, Jeftić - Chuan Yong, Xin Seng, Mohammad Harun, Kamel, Parvathaneni - Mudaliar, Ze Han, Egan.

The following players had been selected: Giménez - Kinzel, Monzón Benito, Rada - Farran, Inausti, Tejero, Badal, Anchieta - Tornero, Trujillo.

The teams had chosen different formations for the match. The home team, Grilled Birds, went for a 2-5-3, while Lan Gran Reserva has decided to play a 3-5-2 lineup. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favor of their divine (+7) (27) ability to attack in the middle. After 7 minutes cheers broke out as Moey Xin Seng found his way through the guests' central defensive line, rattling the 1 - 0 goal in off the woodwork for Grilled. Things were going from bad to worse for the visitors. Vikram Mudaliar was able to squirm through the central defense after 9 minutes and score, bringing the lead to 2 - 0. 13 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defense had to look on as Bernie Egan ran straight through, knocking one home to make it 3 - 0 for Grilled. The referee showed Reserva's Víctor Monzón Benito the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It was 3 - 0 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. 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 got a chance to pulling one back after 65 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving Paco Trujillo completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, rolling slowly to the home side's keeper. Cheers filled the stadium as Bernie Egan broke through the visitors' central defense to put away the 4 - 0 goal for Grilled. 80 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. 吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) came on for Kalki Parvathaneni. After 80 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Bilal Mohammad Harun off. Kalle ter Berg took his place. Moey Xin Seng could have put Grilled up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 81 minutes. 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 match ends 4 - 0. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 61 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Chan Ze Han performed admirably for Grilled. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by Teo Chuan Yong today. Reserva's best player was Paco Trujillo. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because Isaías 'Pasitos' Tejero seemed to stumble all over the pitch.