U23 World League

Los Pajaritos
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Firman Salan got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Bandung Tigers getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Baba Turan hit a great ball. Hatta Arnawa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ugutz Albizua, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 10th minute of the match Platon Pedraza sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hatta Arnawa skillfully saved the ball. In the 13th minute Yoppie Duaramuri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Sabina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 minutes C.D. Ciudad de Soria's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jem Butt who took care of the corner kick. Lucas Sabina stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yoppie Duaramuri's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. In the 18th minute of the match Bandung Tigers got a corner. C.D. Ciudad de Soria's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jem Butt ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Jem Butt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lucas Sabina quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lucas Sabina stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yoppie Duaramuri's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Bandung Tigers's attentive Markus Husodo managed to snatch the ball when Platon Pedraza made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. Yoppie Duaramuri's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lucas Sabina read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. After 33 minutes of play, Bandung Tigers's Yoppie Duaramuri made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Sabina was left in no man's land by his defense there! Platon Pedraza made in the 40th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Bandung Tigers's Penn Til. Lucas Sabina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yoppie Duaramuri in the 40th minute of play. Yoppie Duaramuri hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Yoppie Duaramuri to make the kick off. Platon Pedraza kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. 52 minutes into the game, Baba Turan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bandung Tigers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave C.D. Ciudad de Soria the free kick. After 52 played minutes Bandung Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Baba Turan. Hatta Arnawa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcos Villalcazar in the 54th minute of the match. Baba Turan got his second yellow card in the match during the 56th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Baba Turan kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ugutz Albizua in the 63rd minute of play forced Bandung Tigers's goalkeeper Hatta Arnawa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Troyes Fernandez kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. After 79 minutes of play Bandung Tigers's Pera Wan was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 80th minute, Pera Wan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Yoppie Duaramuri managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bandung Tigers's supporters rose to their feet, but Yoppie Duaramuri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lucas Sabina breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bandung Tigers's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.