Arema FC Vs Madura United: Carlos Fortes' Single Goal Brings Arema FC To Beat Madura United

JAKARTA - Carlos Fortes' only goal led Arema FC to beat Madura United in the match week 26 of BRI Liga 1 2021/2022 which took place at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Stadium, Denpasar, Friday February 18. In the first half, both teams immediately appeared to attack and create There were several opportunities, such as Arema FC through Riyan Kurnia in six minutes of the game running, but Madura United's goalkeeper could still secure it. Madura United also had a chance in the 12th minute through Greg Nwokolo's overhead kick, but the ball still couldn't break into the guarded Arema FC goal. goalkeeper Adilson Maringa. Madura United's goal finally broke in the 15th minute through Carlos Fortes who successfully maximized the bait sent by Hamzah Titofani and couldn't be suppressed by goalkeeper Hong Jeung-nam, making Singo Edan temporarily ahead with a score of 1-0. Conceded, Laskar Sape Kerrab tried to retaliate with an attack scheme to the Arema FC defense, but could not produce a goal in return. Likewise, Arema FC, attack after attack was launched against Madura United, but was broken several times and could not add a goal. The first half was finally closed with a temporary advantage of Arema FC over Madura United with one goal without reply. opportunities, such as Greg Nwokolo's shot in the 50th minute, but still less accurate. Four minutes later, the Arema FC goalkeeper managed to save his goal from Renan Silva's shot, then Silvio Escobar's shot was followed. Madura United seemed to dominate the attack in the second half, but Arema FC also had several opportunities by taking advantage of counter attacks. In the 81st minute, Arema FC got a free kick opportunity which was executed by Sandi Sute, but the ball still bounced over the Madura United goal. Towards the end of the match, Slamet Nurcahyo almost broke into Arema FC's goal, but goalkeeper Adilson was again successful in making a save. Until the game ended, t There were additional goals for both teams so that the position remained 1-0 for Arema FC's victory. With this victory, Arema FC enjoyed three points and became increasingly firmly at the top of the BRI Liga 1 2021/2022 standings with 55 points, while Madura United was in position to -11 with 29 points. Following are the line-up for Arema FC vs Madura United: Arema FC: Adilson Maringa; Rizky Dwi Febrianto, Sergio Silva, Bagas Adi Nugroho, Ahmad Alfarizi; Jayus Hariono, Hanif Sjahbandi, Hamzah Titofani; Muhammad Rafli, Carlos Fortes, Ryan Kurnia. Coaches: Eduardo Almeida. Madura United: Hong Jeung-nam; Fandry Imbiri, Jaimerson Xavier, Fachruddin Aryanto; Dodi Alekvan Djin, Asep Berlian, Slamet Nurcahyo, Hugo Gomes, Novan Setya Sasongko; Greg Nwokolo, Silvio Escobar.