Prized/Friendly Cup

Tigris Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yoppie Duaramuri started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Bandung Tigers booed when BlueLionesse was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Irinel Gheondea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bandung Tigers's Hatta Arnawa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augustin Ştefănuţ in the 7th minute of play. In the 11th minute Jiang Zhi Ling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hatta Arnawa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Yoppie Duaramuri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonas Hermansson. BlueLionesse's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yoppie Duaramuri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 20 minutes into the match, Bandung Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Amedeo Melis came free, but Hatta Arnawa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yoppie Duaramuri in the 26th minute of play forced BlueLionesse's goalkeeper Jonas Hermansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 26 minutes, Amedeo Melis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BlueLionesse and the Bandung Tigers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 26th match minute, BlueLionesse was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amedeo Melis to maneuver through the defense. After 30 played minutes BlueLionesse got a freekick which was hit by Deng Feng Tian. Bandung Tigers's Kaan Zoet shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 31st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Jonas Hermansson but with some difficulty. BlueLionesse's Jonas Hermansson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save BlueLionesse from getting a goal against them. After 38 minutes BlueLionesse'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. A nice corner shot did that Kaan Zoet got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonas Hermansson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 42nd minute of the match Bandung Tigers got a corner. BlueLionesse'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. After taking down the ball on Bandung Tigers's corner Jem Butt fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jonas Hermansson quite easily take care of the ball. 48 minutes into the game, BlueLionesse's Jiang Zhi Ling nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hatta Arnawa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Amedeo Melis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hatta Arnawa having to interfere. Bandung Tigers's Hatta Arnawa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amedeo Melis in the 61st minute of play. In the 64th minute, Amedeo Melis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jiang Zhi Ling could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Hatta Arnawa made a huge save. A sloppy throw-in by Irinel Gheondea in the 69th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Bandung Tigers's Kaan Zoet. In the 70th minute Yoppie Duaramuri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Hermansson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 71 minutes BlueLionesse'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. The corner led Bandung Tigers's Jem Butt to fire away a dangerous shot which Jonas Hermansson despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Jem Butt succeeded in the game's 71st minute to get real power on a long shot . BlueLionesse's Jonas Hermansson hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 2-2! Irinel Gheondea made in the 77th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Bandung Tigers's Kaan Zoet. The audience was convinced that Kaan Zoet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonas Hermansson was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. If Yoppie Duaramuri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jonas Hermansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yoppie Duaramuri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute, Kaan Zoet 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. Yoppie Duaramuri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Jonas Hermansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.