The clouds were hanging menacingly over the stadium today. The following players had been selected: Salmiņš - Panigrahi, Webb - Chuan Yong, Xin Seng, ter Berg, Kamel, Parvathaneni - Mudaliar, Ze Han, Egan.

Lineup: Chiacchio - 康山 (Kangshan), Sorotokinas, Åkerbo - Šiško, Bacchin, Jiménez, Manolov, Ciccioli - 雙華 (Shuanghua), Nieszporek.

Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas Taiwan Celtic lined up in a 3-5-2. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favor of their divine (+7) (27) ability to attack in the middle. The cannonball from 35 yards by Salah Kamel of Grilled was an impressive attempt, but didn't make it into the net. Given a free kick from an impossible angle, Grilled went for a play that loyal fans may recognize from training. A square ball surprised the defense and let Salah Kamel slip through at goal. He hit it first time, making the score 1 - 0, 26 minutes into the game. The Grilled free kick 32 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But it was no mistake - Bernie Egan seemingly came out of nowhere and had miles of space to control the ball and pick his spot. That's 2 - 0! The home side's Bhavya Panigrahi twisted a free kick home with 34 minutes played, putting Grilled ahead 3 - 0. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Grilled set the tempo, maintaining 66 percent of possession.

Things were going from bad to worse for the visitors. Kalki Parvathaneni was able to squirm through the central defense after 50 minutes and score, bringing the lead to 4 - 0. Grilled's Chan Ze Han swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defense were able to clear the ball. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle instead. Grilled showed their counter-attacking skill 61 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with Bernie Egan scoring an easy goal for 5 - 0. Grilled's Bhavya Panigrahi struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 6 - 0 after 68 minutes. After 73 minutes, it looked like Grilled had an attack coming, but Diego Jiménez nipped all that in the bud with a powerful tackle. After 80 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Kalki Parvathaneni off. 吴 (Wu) 敬龙 (Jinglong) took his place. With the clock showing 85 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board. Kalle ter Berg looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for Chu Xin Lee, though he would have liked to continue. It was announced by the fourth official that he estimated stoppage time to be around 2 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match! The match ends 6 - 0. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 66 percent possession of the ball.

Grilled's best player was Chan Ze Han. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by Teo Chuan Yong today. Ovidijus Sorotokinas performed admirably for Taiwan. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because 周 (Zhou) 康山 (Kangshan) seemed to stumble all over the pitch.