League Play-Off

Salemah Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Darius Sinuhaji got the match started through his kick off. Dian Bangun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Dian Bangun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lelo Karo-karo was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. In the 11th minute, Ruslan Dermawan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bento Sinuraya in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lelo Karo-karo saved Salemah from getting behind. In the 17th minute, Dian Bangun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lelo Karo-karo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 22nd minute Bento Sinuraya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lelo Karo-karo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The nice shot from Reynaldo Rai in the 26thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Darius Haryanto had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. A collision led to Ngoeling getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Joshua Waluyo hit a great ball. Darius Haryanto came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Salemah's Darius Sinuhaji. But to his dismay, Darius Sinuhaji quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Reynaldo Rai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darius Haryanto having to interfere. Lelo Karo-karo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dian Bangun in the 41st minute of play. Taufik Simanungkalit's late challenge caught a Ngoeling's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Taufik Simanungkalit helped the player get up and apologised. Taufik Simanungkalit hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dian Bangun made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dian Bangun in the 52nd minute of play forced Salemah's goalkeeper Lelo Karo-karo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Andre Mulia during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Ngoeling getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Andre Mulia hit a great ball. Darius Sinuhaji received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Darius Haryanto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Joshua Waluyo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Eboy Subagdja fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ngoeling's protests and gave Eboy Subagdja a yellow card for diving instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Darius Sinuhaji managed to get in a good position for a shot. Salemah's supporters rose to their feet, but Darius Sinuhaji was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Darius Haryanto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lelo Karo-karo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dian Bangun's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. If Darius Sinuhaji had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Salemah's Reynaldo Rai got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Darius Sinuhaji fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darius Haryanto having to interfere.