League

Tigris Arena
Spectators: 10887 (Terracing: 8166, Seating: 2504, VIP seats: 217) Ayi Kusumah started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Zulkarnaen Mandaga sped through BuanaRaya's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cătălin Ostoici. Mekki Item showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ayi Kusumah, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Homero Azteca hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Ayi Kusumah struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Mekki Item didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BuanaRaya. Mekki Item took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Washington Arantes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andre Loodus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Ayi Kusumah managed to get in a good position for a shot. BuanaRaya's supporters rose to their feet, but Ayi Kusumah was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mekki Item breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bandung Tigers's Mekki Item played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ayi Kusumah in the 25th minute of play. In the 31st minute Andre Loodus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cătălin Ostoici saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bandung Tigers's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Andre Loodus in the 32nd minute. After taking down the ball on Bandung Tigers's corner Andre Loodus fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cătălin Ostoici quite easily take care of the ball. 34 minutes into the game, Ayi Kusumah cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Mekki Item was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cătălin Ostoici showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nistor Popilean in the 39th minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zulkarnaen Mandaga was the one to do the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zulkarnaen Mandaga in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cătălin Ostoici saved BuanaRaya from getting behind. Mekki Item was a little too slow when Pepijn Hummel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 53rd minute. The score was now 1-2. Bandung Tigers's Mekki Item proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Bandung Tigers from getting a goal against them. When Radomir Gajewski came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Bandung Tigers fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Radomir Gajewski couldn't finish the play. BuanaRaya made a substitution. Emilian Onișoru replaced Juan Pablo Teran. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Nistor Popilean put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Cătălin Ostoici. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Zulkarnaen Mandaga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bandung Tigers's supporters rose to their feet, but Zulkarnaen Mandaga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cătălin Ostoici breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. BuanaRaya's Cătălin Ostoici played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andre Loodus in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute Pepijn Hummel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mekki Item saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Bandung Tigers's Mekki Item got control of the ball when Emilian Onișoru tried to sneak it across the goal line. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.