League Play-Off

Kajuapu
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stefan Garmana got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Salman Sastrowardoyo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gustaf Puspito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dodik Hardianto in the 8th minute of the match. When Dodik Hardianto came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Katang 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 Dodik Hardianto couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Katang's zone, Stefan Garmana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eep Souisa came out of the goal and Stefan Garmana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Kajuapu defense, Dodik Hardianto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gustaf Puspito. The Kajuapu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gustaf Puspito should have stopped the shot. Ardhika Mahendra's late challenge caught a Kajuapu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ardhika Mahendra helped the player get up and apologised. In the 26th minute, Ardhika Mahendra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eep Souisa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ali Hasanuddin in the 34th minute. In the 37th match minute, Katang was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Satria Djorghi to maneuver through the defense. After 40 minutes, Satria Djorghi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Katang and the Kajuapu players grew even worse after the yellow card. Satria Djorghi kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Katang's zone, Ali Hasanuddin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eep Souisa came out of the goal and Ali Hasanuddin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Stefan Garmana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A hard shot by Jojon Lumbanraja from long distance, 48 minutes into the match, got Eep Souisa's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The Kajuapu players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Katang were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Dodik Hardianto made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Ali Hasanuddin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eep Souisa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Dodik Hardianto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dodik Hardianto in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gustaf Puspito saved Kajuapu from getting behind. 68 minutes into the match, Kajuapu's goalkeeper Gustaf Puspito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iswadi Zumarnis. Stefan Garmana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Batara Amiruddin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stefan Garmana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Garmana in the 87th minute of play forced Katang's goalkeeper Eep Souisa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Agus Khalid charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Agus Khalid the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 91st minute, Agus Khalid hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gustaf Puspito didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iswadi Zumarnis went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Katang had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.