Zimers Zagged
Chad Thach might have reaped two goals against NK Podlonk today, but his assessment of their local players would be complimentary. "Švagelj has class, you could tell once he came on, and Škvarča would have scored had he gotten a few more chances. It was a shame that we couldn't test ourselves against more of their first-teamers."
Farmer Bunnies would undertake a flight to Russia, and despite the ongoing conflict in Europe, their trip to St. Petersburg was otherwise uneventful. Zimers had finally promoted two seasons ago after racking up ten Division Five titles, but they would not put much effort into this friendly, other than fielding the very impressive Yaroslav Kargaltsev in attack.
There was only so much that one man could do, however, and a competent defensive outing would see
Lim Guang Qiang mop up a spill from
Amirul Jufri Khairil off a 16th minute corner.
Koushan Khatibi and
Ho Ah Kian then took their shots early to beat Roman Barabash, who was then slow off the mark against Khatibi's lofted free-kick in the second half. That made a 4-0 win for the Buns, with the closest that Zimers came being Vyacheslav Kamozin's creative run in the 66th.
Back in Brunei, Grilled International entertained Algerian III.8 visitors idder-mahdi-algerie, and it was certainly looking down for International after
Redhuan bin Mohd Aleshahfezan got himself sent off in the 18th minute, for a reckless charge on Polish custodian Prosimir Giżewski.
International withstood the ensuing barrage somehow, and would then take the initiative in the second half, with mahdi's self-belief taking a beating. This was aided by
Waldemar Gołata's entrance for
Remond Bergervoet, as Gołata went on to put in enough running for two.
Umut Koza fired International ahead in the 63rd, after which
Phua Li Kong and
Mohsen Zeynali punished the dispirited Algerians in the last eight minutes.
