League Play-Off

Tianjung
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dian Haryanto-Ie took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to PSP Panjaitan getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Henry Haryanto-Ie hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Darius Haryanto managed to get in a good position for a shot. PSP Panjaitan's supporters rose to their feet, but Darius Haryanto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Martin Sinambela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Donnie Muchtaji succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 17th playminute. PSP Panjaitan's Jakob Sinambela got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bongky Sarwanto hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. PSP Panjaitan's Mahadi Piliang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save PSP Panjaitan from getting a goal against them. Martin Sinambela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakob Sinambela in the 30th minute of the match. Darius Haryanto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Martin Sinambela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakob Sinambela, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Martin Sinambela stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Darius Haryanto's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jakob Sinambela was the one to do the kick off. Mahadi Piliang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dian Haryanto-Ie in the 52nd minute of the match. Darius Haryanto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Martin Sinambela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. PSP Panjaitan's Mahadi Piliang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donnie Muchtaji in the 57th minute of play. Bongky Sarwanto's late challenge caught a Tianjung's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bongky Sarwanto helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Bongky Sarwanto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donnie Muchtaji in the 63rd minute of play forced PSP Panjaitan's goalkeeper Mahadi Piliang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Jakob Sinambela in the 71st play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Martin Sinambela kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-2 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. A collision led to PSP Panjaitan getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Widodo Ridliwan hit a great ball. After 77 played minutes Tianjung got a freekick which was hit by Hardy Eiboy. Martin Sinambela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jakob Sinambela in the 88th minute of play. Donnie Muchtaji fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahadi Piliang having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Darius Haryanto got free with Martin Sinambela in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PSP Panjaitan's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.