The clouds were hanging menacingly over the stadium today. Lineup: Salmiņš - Webb, Carapaica - Kannan, Parvathaneni, Xin Seng, Chuan Yong, Kamel - Ze Han, Mudaliar, Mazhud.

They fielded: Sääksjärvi - Noel, Moerman, Norðvík - Napoli, Pottinger, Fry, Mannheim, Sands - Văsăliuţ, Davies.

Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas SAORSA lined up in a 3-5-2. Grilled went for a narrow approach, using their divine (+4) (24) ability to focus their attacks down the middle. With 2 minutes played, Gilbert Webb came in from the right with the intention of giving Grilled the lead, but his rocket of a shot could only rattle the crossbar. After 7 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Buachaillí found themselves out of position and their organization level dropped to weak (4). Grilled made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left Shekar Kannan completely alone with keeper Jani Sääksjärvi, who made a spectacular block. It was obvious that Grilled had instructions to attack in the middle when they directed a break on the wing into the center of the park. Vikram Mudaliar's name was chanted throughout the stadium after his goal in minute 10 following a run up the middle gave Grilled the 1 - 0 lead. 11 minutes into the game, Grilled were awarded a penalty that Gilbert Webb converted into a bigger lead without so much as a how-do-you-do to the visiting keeper. It's 2 - 0 now! Halftime score was 2 - 0. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 64 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Buachaillí's coach had to raise his voice a little, but he also managed to raise his players' organization to passable (6) after reviewing his strategy. After 46 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Moey Xin Seng off. Bilal Mohammad Harun took his place. As Grilled's captain went off, he handed the armband to Chan Ze Han. The swift technical skills of Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow Gilbert Noel who was humiliated after 58 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle instead. Chan Ze Han should probably have put his team up another goal after 63 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by Jani Sääksjärvi kept the visitors in the game. After 64 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud might have resulted in another goal for Grilled. However, Jani Sääksjärvi made a spectacular save. As the 75 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution. Salah Kamel reluctantly made way for Heng Dong Chu. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Grilled's Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud bringing the lead up to 3 - 0. Grilled's Abd Hadi Taib Mazhud saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates 77 minutes in. Coming in from the right, Douglas Carapaica almost managed to score another goal for Grilled, but his header was kept out by the lightning fast reflexes of the visiting keeper. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Radovan Jaška came on for Kalki Parvathaneni. As the match nears its end, the referee deemed it appropriate to add 1 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 3 - 0. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 61 percent possession of the ball.

Grilled's best player was Chan Ze Han. I can't remember Radovan Jaška ever having a worse night than he just had. The most outstanding Buachaillí player was without a doubt Răzvan Văsăliuţ. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because Berint Norðvík seemed to stumble all over the pitch.