League

Singapore City Stadi
Spectators: 10849 (Terracing: 8138, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) Santiago Vera started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, Albirex Niigata FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sharizan Chee to maneuver through the defense. Sutan Rayadi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diego Belém went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Sutan Rayadi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Belém in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Belém in the 13th minute of play forced ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's goalkeeper Sutan Rayadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sutan Rayadi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Belém, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute, Sharizan Chee hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th minute Albirex Niigata FC were awarded a corner. Chus Egas went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Alexander Tan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sutan Rayadi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Sutan Rayadi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Belém in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Belém in the 36th minute of play forced ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's goalkeeper Sutan Rayadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the game, Diego Belém cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Sutan Rayadi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Alexander Tan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Sutan Rayadi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Azli Lee fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's protests and gave Azli Lee a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Albirex Niigata FC booed when ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Azli Lee didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sutan Rayadi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Belém, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Diego Belém to make the kick off. Albirex Niigata FC were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Chus Egas took the corner. Diego Belém struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Sutan Rayadi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Albirex Niigata FC. Sutan Rayadi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Diego Belém in the 63rd minute. Amir Pieng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Sutan Rayadi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Azli Lee hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Batıkan Kılınç kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Diego Belém sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 俞冰帆 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 柳洋宽's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. After a rather tough play, ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd's Felix Verzea got a free kick in the 76th minute. After 79 minutes of play, Albirex Niigata FC's Diego Belém made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sutan Rayadi was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Albirex Niigata FC booed when ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Batıkan Kılınç didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 85th minute, Göran Öberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 86th minute by Diego Belém got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Albirex Niigata FC's Sharizan Chee slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sutan Rayadi. That made the score 0-5 after 91 minutes of play. Diego Belém recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Albirex Niigata FC played a much better game than ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd and deserved their victory. The ☆ Red Empire ☆ - Man Utd players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.