National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bulek Idris kicked off to start the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Al Brewer got free with Azhar Sulaiman in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Al Brewer's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Azhar Sulaiman firmly grabbed it by the left post. Malaysia's Azhar Sulaiman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Malaysia from getting a goal against them. Bran Allison took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bulek Idris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Al Brewer received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Azhar Sulaiman came out and tried to block the shot, but Al Brewer slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 15th minute. The supporters of Australia booed when Malaysia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fery Bangun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bongky Reza made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Australia's Russel Cooney. Bran Allison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakob Sugendo in the 23rd minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, Australia's Al Brewer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Azhar Sulaiman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Malaysia's goalkeeper Azhar Sulaiman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 26th minute, Al Brewer 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. Bran Allison made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Azad Jasmin in the 30th minute of play. If Conner Carragher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 41st minute, Bongky Reza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bran Allison took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bulek Idris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Al Brewer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Azhar Sulaiman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darin Prior, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bongky Reza made a great header on Malaysia's corner, it was just that Australia's Bran Allison managed to reach the ball for a save. Azhar Sulaiman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Al Brewer in the 62nd minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Australia's Conner Carragher sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Azhar Sulaiman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Australia's Paul Lord was substituted for Biggs Worrall. Australia's Jasmine Brennan was substituted for Al Brewer. Malaysia made a substitution. Dewa Ketaren replaced Fery Bangun. Malaysia's Ferry Sipayung was substituted for Mulyana Bangun. Australia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Darin Prior in the 71st minute. Azhar Sulaiman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jasmine Brennan in the 73rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bulek Idris got free with Bran Allison in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Malaysia's goalkeeper Azhar Sulaiman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bran Allison took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Azad Jasmin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Bulek Idris took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Bran Allison to make any attempt to save it. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Bulek Idris sped through Australia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bran Allison. In the 89th minute Conner Carragher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Azhar Sulaiman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bulek Idris in the 91st minute of play forced Australia's goalkeeper Bran Allison to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Azhar Sulaiman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conner Carragher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Australia supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Malaysia's performance. The match ended with a win for Malaysia.