League Play-Off

Kombi Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arthur Haddad got the match started through his kick off. Erik Pelangi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Rangga Suebu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, PSP Truseb's goal looked a bit too open when Erik Pelangi came free, but Rangga Suebu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Putra Kombi's goal looked a bit too open when Arthur Haddad came free, but Aries Lesmana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Arthur Haddad came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the PSP Truseb 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 Arthur Haddad couldn't finish the play. Putra Kombi's Aries Lesmana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darto Tumena in the 13th minute of play. Arthur Haddad took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aries Lesmana. Aries Lesmana dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Rangga Suebu was a little too slow when Erik Pelangi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 19th minute. The score was now 1-1. If Aswin Kawilarang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 26 minutes, Arthur Haddad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PSP Truseb's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arthur Haddad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 28 minutes into the game, PSP Truseb's Darto Tumena nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aries Lesmana made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Aswin Kawilarang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rangga Suebu having to interfere. In the 39th minute, Ian Novrizal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half PSP Truseb were leading 1-2. 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. Erik Pelangi was the one to do the kick off. After 54 minutes of play, Putra Kombi's Aswin Kawilarang made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rangga Suebu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Meggy Wanisar charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Meggy Wanisar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rangga Suebu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Pelangi in the 61st minute of the match. After 63 minutes of play, Putra Kombi's Aswin Kawilarang made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rangga Suebu was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 67th minute, Erik Pelangi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 69 minutes, the score became 3-3 when Arthur Haddad sped through Putra Kombi's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aries Lesmana. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Pelangi in the 75th minute of play forced PSP Truseb's goalkeeper Rangga Suebu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Erik Pelangi came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Putra Kombi 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 Erik Pelangi couldn't finish the play. After 84 minutes of play, PSP Truseb's Pepep Simangunsong made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aries Lesmana was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 92 played minutes Arthur Haddad rounded Putra Kombi's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-5. The PSP Truseb supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing PSP Truseb would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.