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Mergojoso Stadion
Spectators: 8150 (Terracing: 6500, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ruslan Ridliwan made the kick off which started today's match. Ari Sipayung charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ari Sipayung the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, PSP Mergojoso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ari Sipayung to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Ruslan Ridliwan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Porman Sinulingga. That made the score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. When Ruslan Ridliwan came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the PSP Mergojoso fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ruslan Ridliwan couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, PSP Mergojoso's Ruslan Ridliwan got a free kick in the 15th minute. After 18 minutes of play, Laleia's Wahyu Panjaitan made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joko Reza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Porman Sinulingga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruslan Ridliwan in the 28th minute of play. Lelo Sitepu charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lelo Sitepu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, PSP Mergojoso's Lelo Sitepu got a free kick in the 33rd minute. The audience held their breath when Pandapotan Wijaya in the 35th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Joko Reza's left hand side. Donnie Guchi made in the 45th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Laleia's Pandapotan Wijaya. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wahyu Panjaitan to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Rio Sugendo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joko Reza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ricky Chaniago in the 57th minute. Donnie Guchi got a throw-in 60 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ruslan Ridliwan. Porman Sinulingga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruslan Ridliwan in the 60th minute of the match. Wahyu Panjaitan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Joko Reza made a huge save. Ruslan Ridliwan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Porman Sinulingga having to interfere. PSP Mergojoso's Joko Reza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save PSP Mergojoso from getting a goal against them. 75 minutes into the match, PSP Mergojoso's goalkeeper Joko Reza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wahyu Panjaitan. In the 77thth minute of the game Bulsky Ridliwan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PSP Mergojoso's Joko Reza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. PSP Mergojoso's Joko Reza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save PSP Mergojoso from getting a goal against them. Joko Reza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bulsky Ridliwan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, PSP Mergojoso's Joko Reza got control of the ball when Wahyu Panjaitan tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, PSP Mergojoso's Donnie Guchi got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wahyu Panjaitan got free with Joko Reza in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.