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Pilowo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Porman Sitepu got the match started through his kick off. Bento Bangun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Porman Sitepu went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 18 minutes into the game, Gendo Hans was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pilowo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Maliku the free kick. Gendo Hans hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Maliku's Boy Sitepu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Maliku from getting a goal against them. 32 minutes into the game, Jojo Panjaitan threw the ball into play from the sideline. Pilowo's Gendo Hans quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 32nd minute, Donny Sinuhaji hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 39th minute, Pilowo's Zulfikri Perangin-angin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Boy Sitepu. Boy Sitepu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Boy Sitepu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zulfikri Perangin-angin in the 43rd minute of the match. Donny Sinuhaji kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Ruslan Sugendo's late challenge caught a Pilowo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ruslan Sugendo helped the player get up and apologised. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dian Darwis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dian Darwis took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Boy Sitepu. Boy Sitepu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Zulfikri Perangin-angin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Boy Sitepu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Dian Darwis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Boy Sitepu was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Maliku's Boy Sitepu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andi Idris in the 72nd minute of play. Boy Sitepu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dian Darwis in the 73rd minute of play. In the 74th match minute, Pilowo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andi Idris to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Haikal Kooth during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 78th minute, Haikal Kooth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ricky Fitriansyah took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 81st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Boy Sitepu. Maliku's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Andi Idris might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Boy Sitepu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Andi Idris ran back to his position shaking his head.