Due to an all-day shower, the spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog. The wet pitch made it difficult for technical or quick players to stand out. For once, the players relying on physical strength gained the upper hand. Starters: Gimenez - Degortes, Kuczka, Rigamonti - Cataplano, Clerici, Vita, Acciuga, Edelstein - Silvestri, Chini.

Lineup: Germanakos - Panigrahi, Webb - An Keng, Mohammad Harun, Keng Chuan, Parvathaneni, Trindade - Ze Han, Xin Seng, Chitre.

Ɓorgovilla trundled out to the pitch in a 3-5-2 formation. The visitors, Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup. It was an obvious ambition of Ɓorgovilla to play a wide game with their magical (18) ability to attack down the wings. Grilled went for a narrow approach, using their extra-terrestrial (16) ability to focus their attacks down the middle. Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle instead. Grilled had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 19 minutes in when Gandhik Chitre found himself alone with Miguel Ángel Gimenez who managed a block. Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Down the middle came Gandhik Chitre, making a fantastic play that nearly saw Grilled take the lead after 30 minutes, but Miguel Ángel Gimenez preserved the tie. After 34 minutes cheers broke out as Silvano Vita found his way through the guests' central defensive line, rattling the 1 - 0 goal in off the woodwork for Ɓorgovilla. If the home side can close out the game with their lead intact, they'll have Miguel Ángel Gimenez to thank, after he made a stunning leap to deny Kalki Parvathaneni from scoring the equalizer after a run through the center 40 minutes in. Grilled's Aw Keng Chuan was shown a yellow card after 41 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Ɓorgovilla's Jolyon Edelstein was delighted to score as he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing keeper and into the net, following some good attacking movement on the right wing. 2 - 0 after 42 minutes. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Grilled had the upper hand in possession, maintaining an impressive 54 percent possession of the ball.

46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game. Kalki Parvathaneni gave Chia Kwang Tse a quick hug as he left the field. After 46 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving Bilal Mohammad Harun off. Chad Thach took his place. 51 minutes in, Paulino Trindade made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but Miguel Ángel Gimenez refused to let the ball slip by him. With the clock showing 60 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board. Moey Xin Seng looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for Teo Chuan Yong, though he would have liked to continue. With 66 minutes played, Chan Ze Han had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot from the middle nicked the post and went out. Lim An Keng had a good opportunity to reply with a break through the middle, but the home team's goalkeeper Miguel Ángel Gimenez just wouldn't be beat. The Ɓorgovilla players could smell victory in the air. Elvezio 'Boc' Chini wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Vanni Attico after 84 minutes. Elvezio 'Boc' Chini was coming off, and had taken his last free kick for the day. That meant Pier Ugo Rigamonti got the chance to showcase his dead ball skills. In an effort to secure the lead, Ɓorgovilla changed their tactics after 84 minutes. The fourth official announced that there would be 1 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 2 - 0. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 54 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

Ɓorgovilla's top performer was clearly Antonio Acciuga. Good thing Tomasz Kuczka isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance. Grilled's best player was Chan Ze Han. I can't remember Gilbert Webb ever having a worse night than he just had.