Challenge

Tigris Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zulkarnaen Mandaga took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zulkarnaen Mandaga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zulkarnaen Mandaga spun around in front of the goal 3 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Peru's goal. Leopoldo Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The throw-in from Xiao Jie De in the 11th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Rolando Noboa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fachri Puang in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Azevedo in the 15th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fachri Puang in the 16th minute of the match. Mekki Item showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 23rd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leopoldo Azevedo. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wang Zheng Yun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute Luz Tejedor 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. Mekki Item took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mekki Item took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Azevedo in the 35th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Bandung Tigers's Fachri Puang got a free kick in the 36th minute. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zulkarnaen Mandaga in the 40th minute of play. Xiao Jie De hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Julian Murillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mekki Item having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Bandung Tigers's Kiki Murtopo was substituted for Fachri Puang. 57 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Bandung Tigers's Mekki Item. Mekki Item was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bandung Tigers's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wang Zheng Yun in the 63rd minute. After taking down the ball on Bandung Tigers's corner Wang Zheng Yun fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rolando Noboa quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 65th minute of play forced Bandung Tigers's goalkeeper Mekki Item to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute of the match, Luz Tejedor tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mekki Item saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wang Zheng Yun in the 72nd minute of play. Peru's Joaquin Prats quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Xiao Jie De, made in the 73rd minute of the game. The throw-in from Xiao Jie De in the 75th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Efraim Gilabert. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zulkarnaen Mandaga in the 78th minute of play. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer was substituted for Moises Gayoso. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. After having played for 91 minutes, Zulkarnaen Mandaga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bandung Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zulkarnaen Mandaga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bandung Tigers's Mario Dandy was substituted for Leopoldo Azevedo. Bandung Tigers made a substitution. Yoppie Duaramuri replaced Zulkarnaen Mandaga. Bandung Tigers's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.