League Play-Off

Ponti City Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cepot Alfaridzi made the kick off which started today's match. Purnomo Christiawan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pasha Saiman's shot from short distance in the 2nd minute. After a rather tough play, Pontianak City's Freddy Soebandono got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 12th minute Pasha Saiman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Purnomo Christiawan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cepot Alfaridzi in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Reynaldi Bastari saved Pontianak City from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cepot Alfaridzi in the 28th minute of play forced Pontianak City's goalkeeper Reynaldi Bastari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucky Mega charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lucky Mega the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lucky Mega hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Pontianak City's Reynaldi Bastari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cepot Alfaridzi in the 33rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Pontianak City's zone, Cepot Alfaridzi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Reynaldi Bastari came out of the goal and Cepot Alfaridzi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pasha Saiman in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Purnomo Christiawan saved Dradah from getting behind. In the 47thth minute of the game Pasha Saiman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dradah's Purnomo Christiawan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After the first half Dradah were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pasha Saiman was the one to do the kick off. With 52 minutes on the clock, Albertus Sudiro commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 51 minutes into the game, one of Dradah:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Pontianak City a penalty, 54 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Haryanto Tirtajaya, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Dradah's Purnomo Christiawan. 1-1. Pasha Saiman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 63 minutes, Cepot Alfaridzi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dradah and the Pontianak City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 63rd minute, Cepot Alfaridzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Freddy Soebandono fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Purnomo Christiawan having to interfere. Pasha Saiman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Purnomo Christiawan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Freddy Soebandono came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Pontianak City 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 Freddy Soebandono couldn't finish the play. If Freddy Soebandono had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Pontianak City's Reynaldi Bastari got control of the ball when Yudha Tanamal tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yudha Tanamal got free with Reynaldi Bastari in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 77th minute of the match, Yudha Tanamal got a very nice opportunity to score, but Reynaldi Bastari was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In a very dangerous position, a player in Pontianak City fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 78th minute. Penalty! Pasha Saiman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Purnomo Christiawan having to interfere. After having played for 91 minutes, Yudha Tanamal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dradah's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yudha Tanamal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Purnomo Christiawan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pasha Saiman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 97 played minutes Dradah got a freekick which was hit by Lucky Mega. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.