League Play-Off

Taopa
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ismail Halim got the match started through his kick off. When Ismail Halim came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Taopa FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ismail Halim couldn't finish the play. Mahyadi Wuysang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismail Halim in the 15th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Ali Maulana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alugaai's supporters rose to their feet, but Ali Maulana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcel Bastari breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ismail Halim received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mahyadi Wuysang came out and tried to block the shot, but Ismail Halim slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 22nd minute. Henky Kurnia, 27 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 31stth minute of the game Ali Maulana who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Taopa FC's Marcel Bastari was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Taopa FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Rozy Siagian hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Taopa FC's zone, Fuad Djunjunan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcel Bastari came out of the goal and Fuad Djunjunan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ismail Halim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahyadi Wuysang having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 39th minute of the game. One of Taopa FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Alugaai:s goal. The referee gave Alugaai a penalty, 41 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Henky Kurnia, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Taopa FC's Marcel Bastari. 1-1. In the 45th minute, Ismail Halim fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Mahyadi Wuysang, passed just outside the right post. Mahyadi Wuysang was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Emmanuel Rumere capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Emmanuel Rumere really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fuad Djunjunan to make the kick off. Ali Maulana came free with the goalkeeper in the 53rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcel Bastari could save by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in Taopa FC's zone, Ali Maulana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcel Bastari came out of the goal and Ali Maulana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Taopa FC's Marcel Bastari got control of the ball when Ali Maulana tried to sneak it across the goal line. 60 minutes into the game, Fuad Djunjunan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alugaai's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Taopa FC the free kick. In the 60th minute, Fuad Djunjunan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ismail Halim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Randy Suhendar took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 69th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mahyadi Wuysang. Alugaai's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 70th minute, Taopa FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Fuad Djunjunan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ismail Halim's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mahyadi Wuysang read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. Taopa FC's Emmanuel Rumere got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 85th minute Fuad Djunjunan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcel Bastari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Emmanuel Rumere came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Taopa FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Emmanuel Rumere couldn't finish the play. Taopa FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.