League Play-Off

Baguskuning Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Silambau's goalkeeper Hardy Hidayat, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Henry Ginting made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dian Febrian in the 8th minute of play. Hardy Hidayat made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Uum Romatua sent off a good shot on target. When Fadh Perangin-angin fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Silambau's protests and gave Fadh Perangin-angin a yellow card for diving instead. Fadh Perangin-angin kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Uum Romatua recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Steve Sarwanto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henry Ginting having to interfere. If Dian Febrian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Baguskuning's zone, Steve Sarwanto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Henry Ginting came out of the goal and Steve Sarwanto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dede Simanungkalit in the 23rd minute of play forced Silambau's goalkeeper Hardy Hidayat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dian Febrian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Henry Ginting tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute Fadh Perangin-angin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henry Ginting saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henry Ginting made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dian Febrian in the 39th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Silambau's Romi Budikusuma got a free kick in the 44th minute. Silambau's Hardy Hidayat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dede Simanungkalit in the 46th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Steve Sarwanto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Silambau's supporters rose to their feet, but Steve Sarwanto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henry Ginting breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dede Simanungkalit stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rexy Wijaya took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 56th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hardy Hidayat. Silambau's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Henry Ginting made an important save on a dangerous shot by Steve Sarwanto in the 58th minute. Dian Febrian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henry Ginting having to interfere. Hardy Hidayat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uum Romatua in the 63rd minute of the match. Hardy Hidayat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dede Simanungkalit, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Silambau's Dian Febrian sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Henry Ginting narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Baguskuning's Dede Kusumah got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 71st minute, Dede Simanungkalit hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dian Febrian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Henry Ginting tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Henry Ginting managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Silambau's Steve Sarwanto fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Taufik Priyatno hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Dian Febrian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henry Ginting was relentless in the 96th minute of the game.