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Buahdua
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Candra Mulia took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Manchester Rovers's Budi Kusumah in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PSP Buahdua's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Steve Fitriansyah in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Daus Alexander saved PSP Buahdua from getting behind. Candra Mulia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Sigit Sinulingga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mario Panjaitan took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sigit Sinulingga. Sigit Sinulingga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Budi Kusumah's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Daus Alexander read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. Daus Alexander didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Steve Fitriansyah went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the PSP Buahdua defense, Steve Fitriansyah kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daus Alexander. The PSP Buahdua fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daus Alexander should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Budi Kusumah to make the kick off. Budi Kusumah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daus Alexander having to interfere. If Steve Fitriansyah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daus Alexander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Budi Kusumah in the 57th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in PSP Buahdua's zone, Steve Fitriansyah stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Daus Alexander came out of the goal and Steve Fitriansyah tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Steve Fitriansyah did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Daus Alexander 62 minutes into the match. After 66 minutes of play, Manchester Rovers's Steve Fitriansyah made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daus Alexander was left in no man's land by his defense there! 74 minutes into the match, PSP Buahdua's goalkeeper Daus Alexander had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Steve Fitriansyah. An unexpectedly hard shot by Budi Kusumah in the 78th minute of play forced PSP Buahdua's goalkeeper Daus Alexander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Mario Panjaitan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sigit Sinulingga. Manchester Rovers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mario Panjaitan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. In the 82nd minute, Steve Fitriansyah made a precise shot to the right of Daus Alexander. PSP Buahdua's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-6. When Alan Suprianto fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Manchester Rovers's protests and gave Alan Suprianto a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Manchester Rovers getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Alan Suprianto hit a great ball. Mario Panjaitan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sigit Sinulingga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. Budi Kusumah struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Daus Alexander didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Manchester Rovers.