League

KANDANG SAPI
Spectators: 9268 (Terracing: 6953, Seating: 2131, VIP seats: 184) White Knight's Tord Lindholm started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tolek Czeberowski made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Caio Dante sent off a good shot on target. Samir Saltık sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anak Habib showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tord Lindholm in the 10th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, Caio Dante dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tolek Czeberowski, 1-0. In the 14th minute, Caio Dante left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SAPI FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. SAPI FC's Warsidi Oktavianus quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Batuğ Ünverdi, made in the 17th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Warsidi Oktavianus in the 18th minute of play forced White Knight's goalkeeper Tolek Czeberowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute Caio Dante shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolek Czeberowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Batuğ Ünverdi in the 24th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by SAPI FC's Warsidi Oktavianus. If Caio Dante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Caio Dante got free with Tolek Czeberowski in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 26th minute, Zikri Rüstem got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Caio Dante could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Tolek Czeberowski made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tord Lindholm in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Anak Habib prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tolek Czeberowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caio Dante in the 33rd minute of play. Caio Dante might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tolek Czeberowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Caio Dante ran back to his position shaking his head. 35 minutes into the match, White Knight's goalkeeper Tolek Czeberowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Caio Dante. With a little luck, White Knight's Tolek Czeberowski got control of the ball when Caio Dante tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 43rd match minute, White Knight was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Batuğ Ünverdi to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Caio Dante to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Caio Dante managed to get in a good position for a shot. SAPI FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Caio Dante was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tolek Czeberowski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tolek Czeberowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Caio Dante's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Caio Dante struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Tolek Czeberowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SAPI FC. SAPI FC's Rio Python was substituted for Tito Rangkuti. In the 70th minute, one of White Knight:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for White Knight. White Knight made a substitution. Thomas Bramantio replaced Nasib Loe. In the 79th match minute, SAPI FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Warsidi Oktavianus to maneuver through the defense. Tolek Czeberowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caio Dante, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as White Knight's Comunardo Graziano slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anak Habib. That made the score 3-1 after 92 minutes of play. When Gabriel Oihan fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SAPI FC's protests and gave Gabriel Oihan a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, SAPI FC's Gabriel Oihan got a free kick in the 95th minute. White Knight's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.