Heaven or Las Vegas
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) In the 2nd minute, Sipiongot Budikusuma 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. Croatia were furious when Neven Culina was red carded, 4 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The goalkeeper, Ilija Skugor, was totally fooled by Penang Island's Joko Febrian, who 6 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Djati Simamora, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Penang Island's Haikal Sitepu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ilija Skugor. That made the score 2-0 after 14 minutes of play. Bruno Oraže took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haikal Sitepu in the 21st minute of play. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Sipiongot Budikusuma capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sipiongot Budikusuma really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. Croatia's Ilija Skugor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. In the 30th minute, Martin Barus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute of the match Toni Mauzer sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kia Idris skillfully saved the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Djati Simamora came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Haikal Sitepu went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joko Febrian in the 44th minute. Penang Island's attentive Haryanto Simamora managed to snatch the ball when Toni Mauzer made a throw-in in the 46th minute of the game. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Haikal Sitepu sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Martin Bosak made a kick off. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joko Febrian, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sipiongot Budikusuma in the 54th minute of play. Djati Simamora took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sipiongot Budikusuma in the 58th minute of the match. In the 58th match minute, Penang Island was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruno Oraže to maneuver through the defense. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Oraže in the 61st minute of play. If Bruno Oraže had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Penang Island's Joko Febrian got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haikal Sitepu in the 66th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Penang Island fans' excitement grew in the 69th match minute when Penang Island's Sipiongot Budikusuma looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 8-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 9-0 when Haikal Sitepu sped through Croatia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. In the 79th minute, Bruno Oraže made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. Bruno Oraže fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sipiongot Budikusuma in the 83rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Sipiongot Budikusuma managed to get in a good position for a shot. Penang Island's supporters rose to their feet, but Sipiongot Budikusuma was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilija Skugor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Penang Island booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Terzic didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haikal Sitepu in the 94th minute of play. 95 minutes into the game, Penang Island's Sipiongot Budikusuma nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilija Skugor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 11-0. Penang Island walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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