An eventful game against Gemadept saw Raiders go down in the first half to a quickly taken free kick which was hotly debated.

The second half saw a Raiders onslaught. Nico was denied a blatant penalty after rounding the keeper, again much to the ire of the Raiders who were quickly losing their faith in yet another Phuoc Long referee.  Raiders were quickly gaining confidence however and the first goal wasn’t long in coming. A corner resulted in Nico being hauled to ground and a penalty awarded. Laurie camly placed the spot-kick to the keepers right as he went the other way. Parity.

Raiders were now dominant and set about converting the game to a win. After more pressure and a nice passing move down the right Nico and Craig combined wonderfully and Nico slotted home a low shot into the bottom corner. 2-1 Raiders. There was little threat from Gemadept and Raiders kept a full concentration at the back. Numerous chances were spurned but eventually Nico notched a third after receiving a cross from the left and slamming home his shot.

Congrats boys on 3 points after the close and disappointing loss to NTV the week before.