Challenge

Mergojoso Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Rochy Haryanto started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rochy Haryanto in the 7th minute of play forced Haiti's goalkeeper Noel Seide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ruslan Ridliwan got free with Noel Seide in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in PSP Mergojoso's zone, Ernso Constant stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dian Akmal came out of the goal and Ernso Constant tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Noel Seide showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rochy Haryanto in the 11th minute of the match. Dian Akmal came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by Haiti's Jonathan Alphonse. But to his dismay, Jonathan Alphonse quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Noel Seide was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Rio Sugendo. Felix Dorval's late challenge caught a PSP Mergojoso's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Felix Dorval helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th minute, Felix Dorval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Haiti getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Rodney Emmanuel hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in PSP Mergojoso's zone, Jonathan Alphonse stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dian Akmal came out of the goal and Jonathan Alphonse tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Donnie Guchi charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Donnie Guchi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 53 played minutes PSP Mergojoso got a freekick which was hit by Donnie Guchi. 55 minutes in the game Lelo Sitepu did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Rio Sugendo. Putu Sitorus made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Haiti's Raymond Louis. Gesner Philippe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Dian Akmal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Robbie Kooth charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robbie Kooth the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 63rd minute, Robbie Kooth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th minute, Robbie Kooth made a precise shot to the right of Noel Seide. Haiti's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. After having played for 79 minutes, Rochy Haryanto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PSP Mergojoso's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rochy Haryanto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Alphonse in the 86th minute of play forced PSP Mergojoso's goalkeeper Dian Akmal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernso Constant received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Dian Akmal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lelo Sitepu during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to PSP Mergojoso getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Lelo Sitepu hit a great ball. 93 minutes into the game, Ari Sipayung was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PSP Mergojoso's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Haiti the free kick. The supporters of Haiti booed when PSP Mergojoso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ari Sipayung didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ernso Constant fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dian Akmal having to interfere. When the referee blew the final whistle, PSP Mergojoso could leave the field as winners, despite Haiti having more of the ball for most of the match.