League

Jurong East Stadium
Spectators: 9750 (Terracing: 7300, Seating: 2250, VIP seats: 200) Hidayat Rajah made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Diego Belém sent off a good shot on target. In the 12th minute Albirex Niigata FC were awarded a corner. Chus Egas went to the cornerflag to take it. Diego Belém fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hidayat Rajah having to interfere. Tampines Rovers Football's Placido Gines quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hardo Kaarna, made in the 18th minute of the game. Hidayat Rajah made an important save on a dangerous shot by Diego Belém in the 20th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Albirex Niigata FC's zone, Sidnei Maciel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 俞冰帆 came out of the goal and Sidnei Maciel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Tampines Rovers Football's Hidayat Rajah got control of the ball when Alexander Tan tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 31st minute, Sidnei Maciel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tampines Rovers Football fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 33rd match minute, Tampines Rovers Football was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Asiz Rajah to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Hardo Kaarna in the 38th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Tampines Rovers Football's Placido Gines. 俞冰帆 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidnei Maciel in the 39th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Tampines Rovers Football's 何正兴 got a free kick in the 46th minute. Hidayat Rajah was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Diego Belém showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 48 minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When Sidnei Maciel came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Tampines Rovers Football 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 Sidnei Maciel couldn't finish the play. Hidayat Rajah 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 55th minute. Tampines Rovers Football's Hidayat Rajah played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Belém in the 56th minute of play. The throw-in from Faiz Hongyi in the 59th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Albirex Niigata FC's Amir Pieng. Hidayat Rajah 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 60th minute. In the 61st minute, Sidnei Maciel got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Tampines Rovers Football booed when Albirex Niigata FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gencho Ruski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Faris Laycock managed to get in a good position for a shot. Albirex Niigata FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Faris Laycock was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hidayat Rajah breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 68th minute, Horaţiu Diaconescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Belém in the 70th minute of play forced Tampines Rovers Football's goalkeeper Hidayat Rajah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Diego Belém had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hidayat Rajah. Tampines Rovers Football's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diego Belém was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. After 79 minutes Albirex Niigata FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Placido Gines who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Placido Gines got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 俞冰帆 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 84 minutes in the game Faiz Hongyi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Alejandro Selatse. Albirex Niigata FC's 俞冰帆 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Selatse in the 86th minute of play. In the 90th minute, Diego Belém made a precise shot to the right of Hidayat Rajah. Tampines Rovers Football's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Alejandro Selatse scored 4-2 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 俞冰帆, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Eduardo Furst hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Alexander Tan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 98th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Albirex Niigata FC fully deserved thier win.