League Play-Off

Taninang Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elie Kusumah started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haryanto Sitepu in the 4th minute of play forced PSP Taninang's goalkeeper Dian Kooth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ichwan Mulia hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Leonard Haryanto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 12thth minute, Andre Suprianto skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Haryanto Sitepu scored 0-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dian Kooth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Joshua Sinulingga kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Elie Kusumah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Andre Suprianto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Haikal Ramadhonna's late challenge caught a Sikindjang FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Haikal Ramadhonna helped the player get up and apologised. Haikal Ramadhonna hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Haryanto Sitepu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Dian Kooth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the PSP Taninang defense, Haryanto Sitepu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dian Kooth. The PSP Taninang fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dian Kooth should have stopped the shot. When PSP Taninang's Elie Kusumah in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sikindjang FC's goalie prevented a goal. If Leonard Haryanto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 38 minutes, Elie Kusumah managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PSP Taninang's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elie Kusumah was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Leonard Haryanto took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Andre Suprianto. Andre Suprianto dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Andre Suprianto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elie Kusumah's shot from short distance in the 49th minute. The PSP Taninang players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sikindjang FC were winning 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Haryanto Sitepu made a kick off. Dian Kooth was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Jojo Ginting. In the 57th match minute, PSP Taninang was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haikal Ramadhonna to maneuver through the defense. Kitam Guci 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 Andre Suprianto. Sikindjang FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 80th minute, Joshua Sinulingga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. PSP Taninang's Leonard Haryanto got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Haikal Ramadhonna was shown his second yellow card after 96 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 100 minutes PSP Taninang's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Darius Yarman who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Darius Yarman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dian Kooth quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Sikindjang FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Sikindjang FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.