League Play-Off

Taratak Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Darius Rai took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nasum Kusumah came free with the goalkeeper in the 5th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Martin Guchi could save by the left post. Joshua Akmal blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rio Panjaitan having to make a save. In the 9th minute Bulek Wibowo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rio Panjaitan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. It was a well-played corner which Budi Akmal managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The audience was convinced that Bulek Wibowo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rio Panjaitan was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Nasum Kusumah could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Martin Guchi made a huge save. After 24 played minutes PSM Langkadi got a freekick which was hit by Boy Arbi. Nasum Kusumah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Guchi having to interfere. PSM Langkadi's Martin Guchi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darius Rai in the 35th minute of play. After 35 played minutes PSM Langkadi got a freekick which was hit by Boy Arbi. With a little luck, PSM Langkadi's Martin Guchi got control of the ball when Nasum Kusumah tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of PSM Langkadi booed when Taratak was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kitam Prima didn't get a good kick on the ball. The attack was good, but when Joshua Akmal in the 44th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joshua Akmal in the 47th minute of play forced Taratak's goalkeeper Rio Panjaitan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joshua Akmal to make the kick off. The supporters of Taratak booed when PSM Langkadi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bulek Sitorus didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rio Panjaitan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joshua Akmal in the 58th minute of play. Martin Guchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nasum Kusumah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bulek Wibowo was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 68th minute. PSM Langkadi's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 71st match minute, PSM Langkadi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boy Arbi to maneuver through the defense. Bulek Wibowos short, quick shot in the 78thth minute got Rio Panjaitan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Joshua Akmal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rio Panjaitan having to interfere. Nasum Kusumah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Guchi having to interfere. If Darius Rai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Martin Guchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darius Rai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Martin Guchi came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Taratak's Darius Rai. But to his dismay, Darius Rai quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0.