League

Giant Stadium
Spectators: 9244 (Terracing: 6934, Seating: 2126, VIP seats: 184) Sleman Old Boys's Ahmet Korkut Savaş started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Giant getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Ucok Saiman hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sleman Old Boys's zone, Iram Wirayudha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Péter Gulácsi came out of the goal and Iram Wirayudha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Hardy Karaeng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Péter Gulácsi was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Sleman Old Boys's Edmund Fedosz got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute Hardy Karaeng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Péter Gulácsi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Makbul Sahetappy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Péter Gulácsi having to interfere. Hardy Karaeng could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Péter Gulácsi made a huge save. Massimo Margiotta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Black Pink having to make a save. Péter Gulácsi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hardy Karaeng in the 25th minute of the match. Black Pink stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ahmet Korkut Savaş's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Black Pink showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Korkut Savaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. After a rather tough play, Giant's Hardy Karaeng got a free kick in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Sleman Old Boys's Anfilogino Quattrocchi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Black Pink narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Giant's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Diego Viniegra was slow to take the kick. During this time Sleman Old Boys's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Sleman Old Boys's corner Massimo Margiotta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Black Pink quite easily take care of the ball. When Sleman Old Boys's Massimo Margiotta in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Giant's goalie prevented a goal. Péter Gulácsi was out of position in the 42 minute of play, and Hardy Karaeng capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hardy Karaeng really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 46th minute Giant were awarded a corner. Makbul Sahetappy went to the cornerflag to take it. Péter Gulácsi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hardy Karaeng in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Edmund Fedosz charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edmund Fedosz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 51st minute, Edmund Fedosz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, Hardy Karaeng notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Sleman Old Boys's Péter Gulácsi. Péter Gulácsi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Péter Gulácsi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hardy Karaeng in the 59th minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Hardy Karaeng notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Sleman Old Boys's Péter Gulácsi. Péter Gulácsi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Massimo Margiotta in the 68th minute of play forced Giant's goalkeeper Black Pink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hardy Karaeng in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Péter Gulácsi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hardy Karaeng in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Péter Gulácsi saved Sleman Old Boys from getting behind. In the 86th minute, Hardy Karaeng 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. In the 91st minute, Edmund Fedosz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Dindin Irianto fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Giant's protests and gave Dindin Irianto a yellow card for diving instead. Giant were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Sleman Old Boys for a fine match.