Boys & Warriors
Bilal Mohammad Harun professed to have enjoyed his forty-five minute run-out today, and had been mightily impressed by
Enrique Baena during that stint. "Baena is one of those with something extra about him, and it came to the fore today. When that happens, you just want to give him the ball, to see what he can do with it!"
"Oh, and Trindade was great too." he added.
Curacao H.A.L V.35 club Yellow Rock Warriors welcomed the Buns in a late friendly at the tip of the South African continent, where they ultimately succumbed 2-3 at the L'arène des Guerriers du Rocher Jaune after extra time.
Lau Keng Kwang got through in the 27th, which was answered by an Alexander Pisas penalty in the 41st following much nonsense in the box, and
Vitaliy Efendiev seemed to have won it with his classic free-kick in the 83rd... before
Amaya Ravula was booked for elbowing Ralph Eddine in the chese - which turned out to be serious - and Gottlieb Meuri equalized from an unrelated move.
That was about as much as Efendiev could take as he was taken off for
Edgar Popienia, hardly anything to be ashamed of after shouldering the team's lone attacking burden for much of the game.
Tan Dong Hao wouldn't be able to replicate Efendiev's success from dead balls as he crashed it right into the wall after 103 minutes, but Ravula eventually swept
Guan Ming Kum's low cross home, to some disapproval from the home support.
Grilled International fell 2-4 to Ugandan II.4 strugglers DiliBoys in turn, as the Romanian expansion club also brought it to extra time, before pulling away. Antipas Nalmpantis got them going on the break in the ninth minute following
Arcadi Sansalvador's missile off the crossbar, and although International continued creating through the first half, they would only have
Helmy Syamsuzaman's curler in the 27th minute to show for it.
Chua Jun Long gave International the lead six minutes after the break on a creative solo dribble, but another counterattack saw the visitors set up with a free-kick a couple of yards outside, that José Orozco put in before
Rosmin bin Hj Khamis was fully done setting up. Referee Morris Ssepuuya saw nothing wrong with that, and further strikes by Peter Faisal and Simon Muwanga made it another disappointing outing for the Brunei club.
