League Play-Off

Lengka Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Lengka's Jeffry Mahmudi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute, Jeffry Mahmudi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tono Supit sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Puloklapa booed when Lengka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dharma Trihatmodjo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jay Soekarno took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 17th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Yuma Suwandi. Puloklapa's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Puloklapa's Yuma Suwandi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeffry Mahmudi in the 20th minute of play. Dharma Trihatmodjo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuma Suwandi having to interfere. Raden Arbi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Rhoma Mangkulangit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tono Supit made a kick off. When the match clock showed 51 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Awaludin Sawor sped through Puloklapa's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Yuma Suwandi. Raden Arbi's late challenge caught a Puloklapa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raden Arbi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Puloklapa booed when Lengka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raden Arbi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yuma Suwandi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeffry Mahmudi in the 68th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jeffry Mahmudi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yuma Suwandi was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. 73 minutes into the game, Burhan Tarmadi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Puloklapa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lengka the free kick. The supporters of Lengka booed when Puloklapa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Burhan Tarmadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jeffry Mahmudi in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yuma Suwandi saved Puloklapa from getting behind. If Rhoma Mangkulangit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81stth minute of the game Jeffry Mahmudi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Puloklapa's Yuma Suwandi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lengka's Jeffry Mahmudi got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yuma Suwandi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeffry Mahmudi in the 86th minute of the match. If Jeffry Mahmudi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 95 played minutes, Lengka's Jay Soekarno shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Yuma Suwandi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lengka reached it. Anwar Wirahadikusumah charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anwar Wirahadikusumah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Puloklapa getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Anwar Wirahadikusumah hit a great ball. Puloklapa's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.