League Play-Off

Taratak Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Djati Guchi got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th match minute, Taratak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kitam Prima to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute Djati Guchi 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. Putu Sitepu hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Mulyana Cahyono Putro charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mulyana Cahyono Putro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ruslan Simamora received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Rio Panjaitan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ruslan Simamora sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 34th minute, but Micky Ramadhonna got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving PSS Lubukbunut hanging dry this time. In the 36th match minute, Taratak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Micky Dewa to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the game, Ruslan Simamora cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Rio Panjaitan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nasum Kusumah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Micky Ramadhonna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Djati Guchi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Darius Rai to make the kick off. A collision led to Taratak getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Bulsky Chaniago hit a great ball. Micky Ramadhonna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darius Rai, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After a defensive mix-up in PSS Lubukbunut's zone, Darius Rai stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Micky Ramadhonna came out of the goal and Darius Rai tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Darius Rai scored 1-1 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Micky Ramadhonna, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Nasum Kusumah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 64 played minutes PSS Lubukbunut got a freekick which was hit by Cecep Reza. Tono Kusumah took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Micky Ramadhonna. PSS Lubukbunut's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Taratak's goalkeeper Rio Panjaitan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rabun Rai. In the 74th minute Djati Guchi 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Djati Guchi in the 78th minute of play forced Taratak's goalkeeper Rio Panjaitan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Taratak's Kitam Prima sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Micky Ramadhonna narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nasum Kusumah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Micky Ramadhonna having to interfere. Micky Ramadhonna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kitam Prima, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Taratak's goalkeeper Rio Panjaitan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ruslan Simamora. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.