The clouds were hanging menacingly over the stadium today. The following players took the field: Germanakos - Panigrahi, Webb - An Keng, Mohammad Harun, Keng Chuan, Parvathaneni, Trindade - Ze Han, Xin Seng, Chitre.

Lineup: Roukala - Fußbahn, Drygajło, Thanh Bình - Medina, Škrgatić, Fernández, Boukali - Bragstad, Cuddy, Salabert.

Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas AS Neervelp lined up in a 3-4-3. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, using their mythical (17) ability to great effect. Neervelp clearly preferred using their utopian (19) ability to attack in the middle today. Grilled had a chance to take the lead after Gandhik Chitre's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled away as his shot went just over the bar with 13 minutes played. 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. Moey Xin Seng 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 15 minutes into the match, 1 to 0. There'll be no Turkish Delight after the match for the keeper! Neervelp were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up coming through the center. Neervelp leveled the score after 20 minutes to make it 1 - 1, as Andy Cuddy struck home after a fine midfield combination through the middle left him completely unmarked. 21 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Grilled to take the lead after a good ball from the right found Chan Ze Han alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Neervelp's Claaß Fußbahn gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 25 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 57 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.

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 Chia Kwang Tse, though he would have liked to continue. 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. 60 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution. Teo Chuan Yong came on for Moey Xin Seng. No matter how hard he tried, Chia Kwang Tse just couldn't get past the visitors' right side defense 63 minutes in and eventually the ball was cleared away. Oh dear, Cristian Salabert was so close to scoring an own goal when he threw out his foot at just the wrong time, but the ball hit the post. Chia Kwang Tse pulled a rabbit out of his hat as he wove through the guest's entire central defense and put the 2 - 2 equalizer away after 79 minutes. Neervelp took the lead 80 minutes into the game, making the score 2 - 3 after some elegant movement down the middle. Aldo Škrgatić was the scorer. After 81 minutes of play, Gandhik Chitre evened things up for Grilled with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 3 - 3. Cristian Salabert earned himself a loud roar from the fans as he seemed to come out of nowhere with 88 minutes played to intercept the ball and put it in the back of the net for Neervelp. 3 - 4. After 88 minutes of play, Lim An Keng equalized for Grilled after a hard charging attack from the right. The fourth official announced that there would be 3 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 4 - 4. Looks like Nate Silver was right again - his prediction that Grilled would have 60 percent possession in this half was spot on!

The most outstanding Grilled player was without a doubt Chan Ze Han. I can't remember Gilbert Webb ever having a worse night than he just had. Most important Neervelp player was Ulrik Bragstad. Speaking of stinking up the place, Claaß Fußbahn sure smelled like the bottom of Batman's shoe after a night of crimefighting in Gotham.