Clouds darkened the skies at the stadium today. Lineup: Salmiņš - Lunde, Jeftić - Xin Lee, Chuan Yong, ter Berg, Mohammad Harun, Kamel - Parvathaneni, Ze Han, Xin Seng.

They fielded: Giomi - Spedaletti, Sokolov, Bento - Tokee, Al-Badry, D'Antuono, Nicolli, Nikolov - Neveux, Ballin.

Grilled Birds trundled out to the pitch in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, FC Luttijad, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup. Grilled used their divine (+8) (28) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the field. Chan Ze Han 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 13 minutes into the match, 1 to 0. There'll be no Turkish Delight after the match for the keeper! Grilled solidified their lead at the 25 minute mark, as Kalki Parvathaneni snaked the ball through the central line of defense and finished for 2 - 0. 34 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a golden chance for the visitors. Thomas Ballin was up to the task and scored, bringing them up to 2 - 1. After more pushing and shoving than a pack of helicopter moms trying to get the last appointment for their snowflakes to see the Easter Bunny, Luttijad's Nicola Spedaletti finally got himself booked for a foul. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Grilled set the tempo, maintaining 55 percent of possession.

49 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defense had to look on as Chu Xin Lee ran straight through, knocking one home to make it 3 - 1 for Grilled. Things were going from bad to worse for the visitors. Chan Ze Han was able to squirm through the central defense after 52 minutes and score, bringing the lead to 4 - 1. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 65 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving Thomas Ballin completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, rolling slowly to the home side's keeper. Cheers filled the stadium as Chan Ze Han broke through the visitors' central defense to put away the 5 - 1 goal for Grilled. At that, Chan Ze Han was noted down for a hattrick! After 75 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Mateja Jeftić off. Bhavya Panigrahi took his place. With Mateja Jeftić no longer on the field, Bhavya Panigrahi was the new set pieces taker. 80 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Moey Xin Seng gave Vikram Mudaliar a quick hug as he left the field. Chan Ze Han was handed the Grilled captain's armband. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 5 - 1. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 54 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Grilled's best player was Chan Ze Han. Speaking of stinking up the place, Bhavya Panigrahi sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham. Most important Luttijad player was Eugenio D'Antuono. Good thing Ivan Sokolov isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance.