Clear skies welcomed the spectators who had made their way to the stadium today. Starters: Germanakos - Panigrahi, Webb - Baena, Mohammad Harun, Keng Chuan, Parvathaneni, Trindade - Ze Han, Velho, Xin Seng.

They fielded: Haslohfurt - Raabrede, Sadler, Malching - Emmerich, Zeven, Timmann, Bl�mel - Litzenburger, Zerner, Binm�ller.

Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For Germania FV, the formation of choice was a 3-4-3. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, using their utopian (19) ability to great effect. A beautiful, arcing corner kick from Bhavya Panigrahi found Bilal Mohammad Harun at the far post, soaring to meet the ball. The keeper is late and he's headed it in for 1 - 0! The crowd was silenced 21 minutes into the match as the visiting team's Kristian Erik Binm�ller came in from the left, tying the game up at 1 - 1. Making his way up the middle after 30 minutes, Jos� Luiz Velho almost managed to sneak a goal past the visitors' keeper, but Lenard Haslohfurt was ready and blocked it to keep the score level. 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 32 minutes into the match, 2 to 1. There'll be no Turkish Delight after the match for the keeper! Uwe Emmerich raced down the wing after 36 minutes and managed to get through the defense, but he lost his footing and sent the cross out for a throw-in. The visitors' Philibert Timmann was alert on a play coming in from the left, evening things up at 2 - 2 after 37 minutes. It was 2 - 2 at the break. Grilled set the tempo, maintaining 58 percent of possession.

With the clock showing 46 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board. Kalki Parvathaneni looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for Lim An Keng, though he would have liked to continue. 46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Jos� Luiz Velho gave Prokop Mottl a quick hug as he left the field. Many thought Chan Ze Han ought to have been awarded a penalty 55 minutes into the match, as he went down trying to beat Lenard Haslohfurt after an attack through the middle gave him the one-on-one opportunity. 57 minutes into the game, Mathias Alexander Bl�mel almost gave the visitors the lead, as he chipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. GERMANIA's coach was furious with Ronny Zeven after he picked up a yellow for saying one too many words to the ref. The game had been going for 66 minutes when Bilal Mohammad Harun came in on the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to put away the 3 - 2 goal, giving Grilled the lead. 80 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Chia Kwang Tse came on for Bilal Mohammad Harun. Kristian Erik Binm�ller tied the game at 3 - 3 after 81 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. After 83 minutes, GERMANIA's lack of experience resulted in the team's loss of their edge at the end of the game. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's Chia Kwang Tse got himself booked. The fourth official announced that there would be 2 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. The match ends 3 - 3. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 55 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Grilled's top performer was clearly Chan Ze Han. I can't remember Paulino Trindade ever having a worse night than he just had. GERMANIA's best player was Luka Raabrede. Good thing Mathias Alexander Bl�mel isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance.