League Play-Off

Kualasirau
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sinyo Nawawi kicked off to start the match. Julianda Ginanjar's late challenge caught a Kualasirau FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Julianda Ginanjar helped the player get up and apologised. 6 minutes into the match, Giant killers's goalkeeper Meggy Suhaya had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bagus Ramandha. Sinyo Nawawi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sinyo Nawawi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Julianda Ginanjar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Sinyo Nawawi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sinyo Nawawi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arief Saputra read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. Julianda Ginanjar struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Arief Saputra didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Giant killers. The crowd rose to their feet as Kualasirau FC's Bagus Ramandha slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Meggy Suhaya. That made the score 1-0 after 32 minutes of play. Bagus Ramandha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Meggy Suhaya made a huge save. Arief Saputra stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sinyo Nawawi's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julianda Ginanjar in the 46th minute of play forced Kualasirau FC's goalkeeper Arief Saputra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 48 minutes, Benyamin Papilaya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kualasirau FC and the Giant killers players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 47th minute of the game. One of Kualasirau FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Giant killers:s goal. In the 50th minute there was a penalty for Giant killers. Jajang Mahmudi stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Arief Saputra. 1-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nico Juhana to make the kick off. Sinyo Nawawi's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Arief Saputra firmly grabbed it by the left post. Arief Saputra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julianda Ginanjar in the 65th minute of the match. Giant killers's Meggy Suhaya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eman Sumarwoto in the 67th minute of play. Giant killers's Meggy Suhaya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eman Sumarwoto in the 70th minute of play. A collision led to Giant killers getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Yessie Arifin hit a great ball. Meggy Suhaya stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bagus Ramandha's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute, Nico Juhana ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Meggy Suhaya was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Sinyo Nawawi did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Arief Saputra 77 minutes into the match. 80 minutes into the match, Giant killers's goal looked a bit too open when Bagus Ramandha came free, but Meggy Suhaya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Giant killers's goal looked a bit too open when Nico Juhana came free, but Meggy Suhaya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arief Saputra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julianda Ginanjar in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 86th minute Bagus Ramandha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meggy Suhaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sinyo Nawawi had several of the Kualasirau FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 90 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-3 score and a disappointed Arief Saputra as he didn't even see the shot coming. Arief Saputra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sinyo Nawawi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kualasirau FC's Arief Saputra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julianda Ginanjar in the 99th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 101st minute, Sinyo Nawawi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Giant killers's supporters rose to their feet, but Sinyo Nawawi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arief Saputra breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Kualasirau FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Giant killers were clearly better and deserved to take the win.