League

Kocan Stadion
Spectators: 5003 (Terracing: 4001, Seating: 1001, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Karim Sudaryanto took the kick off in the first half of the match. Karim Sudaryanto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Karim Sudaryanto struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Felix Simanjuntak didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Persija. Persija's Ronny Iswanto got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Felix Simanjuntak didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Persija's Karim Sudaryanto shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Karim Sudaryanto took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felix Simanjuntak. Felix Simanjuntak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. In the 21st minute Eza Sumarwoto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Batara Gumulya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st match minute, Kotacane was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nyangnyang Anhar to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute, Ronny Iswanto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Persija fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After 25 minutes of play, Persija's Ronny Iswanto made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felix Simanjuntak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Felix Simanjuntak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronny Iswanto in the 29th minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, Kotacane's Yusuf Sopandi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Batara Gumulya narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Felix Simanjuntak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karim Sudaryanto in the 39th minute of play. Karim Sudaryanto scored 0-6 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felix Simanjuntak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Karim Sudaryanto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Felix Simanjuntak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eza Sumarwoto to strike the kick off in the second half. Batara Gumulya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eza Sumarwoto in the 52nd minute of play. Batara Gumulya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eza Sumarwoto, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Karim Sudaryanto succeeded in the game's 56th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-7. In the 62nd minute, Karim Sudaryanto made a precise shot to the right of Felix Simanjuntak. Kotacane's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kotacane's goalkeeper Felix Simanjuntak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 67 minutes into the match, Kotacane's goalkeeper Felix Simanjuntak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ronny Iswanto. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karim Sudaryanto in the 69th minute of play forced Kotacane's goalkeeper Felix Simanjuntak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Persija's goal looked a bit too open when Yusuf Sopandi came free, but Batara Gumulya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Simanjuntak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Sudaryanto, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 83 minutes into the match, Kotacane's goal looked a bit too open when Karim Sudaryanto came free, but Felix Simanjuntak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kotacane's Felix Simanjuntak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Kotacane from getting a goal against them. When Persija's Karim Sudaryanto in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kotacane's goalie prevented a goal. 96 minutes into the match, Yusuf Sopandi notched a goal, 1-9, to the right of Persija's Batara Gumulya. Batara Gumulya was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over Persija could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kotacane throughout the match.