Fairly good weather for football at the stadium today. The following players took the field: Muikku - Morán, Lest, Nierychło - Zyśko, Byrne, Rokhpour, Thorslund, Rocha - Gómez, Staal.

Lineup: Germanakos - Panigrahi, Webb - Baena, Mohammad Harun, Keng Chuan, Chuan Yong, Thach - Ze Han, Velho, Xin Seng.

The teams had chosen different formations for the match. The home team, Malleus hereticorum, went for a 3-5-2, while Grilled Birds has decided to play a 2-5-3 lineup. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, using their utopian (19) ability to great effect. Though it was beautiful soccer, the home crowd did not enjoy José Luiz Velho's goal after a run down the left with 2 minutes on the clock. Grilled lead, 0 - 1. Grilled already had the lead, so José Luiz Velho probably won't be too disappointed that his speculative shot from the right 10 minutes in fell wide of the goal. 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, Grilled's Enrique Baena finally got himself booked for a foul. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, hereticorum's Henryk Nierychło got himself booked. The ball was in the back of the home team's net yet again after 23 minutes, but this time the referee called the goal back because Chad Thach had knocked a member of the opposing team to the ground while the play occurred down the middle of the field. Grilled's Enrique Baena received a ball slotted perfectly through the home side's central defense after 28 minutes, and chipped it past the helpless keeper to increase the lead to 0 - 2. The away fans won't regret traveling for this one! It was 0 - 2 at the break. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 60 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle instead. A thrilling play through the middle after 55 minutes gave Grilled's Chan Ze Han a chance to increase the lead, and he happily obliged. The score was then 0 - 3. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Bhavya Panigrahi was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 55 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 68 minutes, Grilled tried a variation that they had practiced in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper, however, the defense were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. As the 70 minute mark approached, the Grilled manager decided it was time for a substitution. Enrique Baena reluctantly made way for Paulino Trindade. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot from the right by Chan Ze Han beat the keeper with 73 minutes played, preventing Grilled from going up another goal. 80 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Aw Keng Chuan gave Mohd Marzuki Khairul a quick hug as he left the field. 80 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Kalki Parvathaneni came on for José Luiz Velho. It was announced by the fourth official that he estimated stoppage time to be around 1 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match! Grilled's Chan Ze Han made it through the home team's defense on the right hand side 89 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded net when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. The match ends 0 - 3. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 57 percent possession of the ball.

Gerardo Gómez performed admirably for hereticorum. Even six year old fans were wincing at the poor play by Almar Lest today. Most important Grilled player was Chan Ze Han. Speaking of stinking up the place, Chad Thach sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.