U23 World League

Arena 999
Spectators: 7675 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Mario Syafruddin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sahala Ginting showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinand Şania, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The supporters of Bestone 716 - Jakarta booed when SuperDepor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Victor Iorda didn't get a good kick on the ball. SuperDepor's Alex Crâșmaru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nana Arwana in the 8th minute of play. Vintilă Mirciulescu hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Alex Crâșmaru made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Mario Syafruddin sent off a good shot on target. If Victor Iorda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sahala Ginting showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vintilă Mirciulescu in the 30th minute of the match. In the 35th minute Vintilă Mirciulescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sahala Ginting saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes in the game, Vintilă Mirciulescu dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After some careless play in the Bestone 716 - Jakarta defense, Victor Iorda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sahala Ginting. The Bestone 716 - Jakarta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sahala Ginting should have stopped the shot. In the 42nd minute, SuperDepor's Damian Bocșa seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Damian Bocșa the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of SuperDepor protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Damian Bocșa had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Damian Bocșa kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Bestone 716 - Jakarta's Mario Syafruddin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alex Crâșmaru. Alex Crâșmaru yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

After a rather tough play, SuperDepor's Petru Ghiciușca got a free kick in the 52nd minute. SuperDepor's Alex Crâșmaru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yanto Chaniago in the 54th minute of play. In the 57th minute, Victor Iorda 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. After 58 minutes, Chairil Birowo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bestone 716 - Jakarta and the SuperDepor players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sahala Ginting made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aurelian Fundătoreanu in the 59th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Aurelian Fundătoreanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. SuperDepor's supporters rose to their feet, but Aurelian Fundătoreanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sahala Ginting breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alex Crâșmaru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nana Arwana in the 66th minute of the match. In the 74th minute of the match SuperDepor got a corner. Bestone 716 - Jakarta's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Petru Ghiciușca ran over to the corner to take the kick. Victor Iorda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th match minute, Bestone 716 - Jakarta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yanto Chaniago to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yanto Chaniago in the 83rd minute of play forced SuperDepor's goalkeeper Alex Crâșmaru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Iorda received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sahala Ginting came out and tried to block the shot, but Victor Iorda slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 88th minute. In the 93rd minute, Ferdinand Şania left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SuperDepor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3.