Friendly League

Vila do Bispo
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bandung Tigers's Radomir Gajewski managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Álvaro Rezende in the 5 minute of the game. In the 7th match minute, VB-Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mattias Jonasson to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joaquim de Barros got free with Mekki Item in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mekki Item showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim de Barros in the 19th minute of the match. In the 21st minute Leopoldo Azevedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armindo Salgado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armindo Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zulkarnaen Mandaga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Leopoldo Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bandung Tigers's supporters rose to their feet, but Leopoldo Azevedo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armindo Salgado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Mekki Item showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Caeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Joaquim de Barros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Mekki Item made a huge save. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Bandung Tigers made a substitution. Kiki Murtopo replaced Fachri Puang. 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. Mekki Item showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Caeiro in the 56th minute of the match. In the 61st minute Joaquim de Barros 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. Zulkarnaen Mandaga struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Armindo Salgado didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bandung Tigers. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Caeiro in the 64th minute of play forced Bandung Tigers's goalkeeper Mekki Item to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joaquim de Barros scored 1-0 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mekki Item, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Armindo Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zulkarnaen Mandaga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shao Kun Yuan in the 77th minute of play forced Bandung Tigers's goalkeeper Mekki Item to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Bandung Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Gervásio Severiano came free, but Mekki Item reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bandung Tigers's Zulkarnaen Mandaga got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. VB-Team made a substitution. Traian Hăvârneanu replaced Joaquim de Barros. VB-Team's Qiu Sheng Bang was substituted for Sandro Leitão. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zulkarnaen Mandaga in the 88th minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mekki Item made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Caeiro in the 90th minute of play. Bodo Amat kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Caeiro in the 97th minute of play forced Bandung Tigers's goalkeeper Mekki Item to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Bandung Tigers players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for VB-Team.