Friendly League

Tigris Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alan Shearer started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes FORTALEZA got a freekick which was hit by Mikita Mikulchik. 4 minutes into the match, Komang Wahyudi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Genady Lagutov. FORTALEZA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Komang Wahyudi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 10th minute, Komang Wahyudi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Genady Lagutov was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Aan Nyeng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Genady Lagutov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Bandung Tigers getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Kiki Murtopo hit a great ball. 17 minutes into the match, Bandung Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Zahar Sazanovich came free, but Hatta Arnawa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Komang Wahyudis short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Genady Lagutov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Mikita Mikulchik made in the 21st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Staneslav Sobolev. Bandung Tigers's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aan Nyeng in the 24th minute. The corner ended in Aan Nyeng almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FORTALEZA's Genady Lagutov did a great save. A collision led to Bandung Tigers getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Pera Wan hit a great ball. With his leg Genady Lagutov managed to avoid a goal in the 27thth minute, when Bandung Tigers's Komang Wahyudi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Komang Wahyudi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 34thth minute, Genady Lagutov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Aan Nyeng managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bandung Tigers's supporters rose to their feet, but Aan Nyeng was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Genady Lagutov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, FORTALEZA's Genady Lagutov got control of the ball when Komang Wahyudi tried to sneak it across the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Komang Wahyudi made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Komang Wahyudi in the 53rd minute of play forced FORTALEZA's goalkeeper Genady Lagutov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Genady Lagutov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Komang Wahyudi went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Komang Wahyudi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Genady Lagutov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. Pera Wan charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pera Wan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Bandung Tigers getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Pera Wan hit a great ball. A throw-in in the 76th minute of the game was made by Timur Bandarovich with Staneslav Sobolev as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. If Alan Shearer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Komang Wahyudi came up free with the goalie in the 82nd 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 Komang Wahyudi couldn't finish the play. Komang Wahyudi might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Genady Lagutov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Komang Wahyudi ran back to his position shaking his head. 86 minutes into the match, FORTALEZA's goal looked a bit too open when Komang Wahyudi came free, but Genady Lagutov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th match minute, Bandung Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Khaidir Gibran to maneuver through the defense. Genady Lagutov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Komang Wahyudi went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score.