League

Giant Stadium
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) Hardy Karaeng started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Diego Mero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hardy Karaeng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Black Pink showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Han Lin Zhen in the 12th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, Forever Young's goalkeeper Diego Mero had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hardy Karaeng. With 22 minutes on the clock, Zaki Supardi commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 21 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Giant! Han Lin Zhen walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Forever Young's Diego Mero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ucok Saiman in the 26th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Giant's goal looked a bit too open when Han Lin Zhen came free, but Black Pink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hardy Karaeng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 48th match minute, Giant was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hardy Karaeng to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rangga Gantina to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Forever Young's Husni Silaban slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Black Pink. That made the score 1-1 after 52 minutes of play. Black Pink made an important save on a dangerous shot by Igus Hardianto in the 64th minute. Igus Hardianto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Black Pink having to interfere. Forever Young's Robi Külaase was substituted for Rangga Gantina. Forever Young made a substitution. Elfonda Astrajingga replaced Igus Hardianto. Black Pink showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robi Külaase in the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robi Külaase in the 85th minute of play forced Giant's goalkeeper Black Pink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Black Pink showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robi Külaase, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Forever Young's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.