Challenge

Kandang Istimewa
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kevin Reid took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gloria Steinem Liberty's Dean Penfold quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Aji Ramdhani, made in the 3rd minute of the game. 12 minutes into the match, SS ELMARA's goal looked a bit too open when Kevin Reid came free, but Mahyadi Arsana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rachman Kusumadilaga hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by SS ELMARA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kevin Reid was slow to take the kick. During this time Gloria Steinem Liberty's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Dean Penfold got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mahyadi Arsana quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Christopher Norfolk hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. After 22 minutes, Radja Warauw mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SS ELMARA and the Gloria Steinem Liberty players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rachman Kusumadilaga might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ben Hazel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rachman Kusumadilaga ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 30th minute of the game Aji Ramdhani made a throw-in which Yessie Sentanu played forward. In the 32nd minute of the game Aji Ramdhani made a throw-in which Herman Ruchiyat played forward. Kevin Reid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Mahyadi Arsana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 35th minute, Jamil Hartono hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Rachman Kusumadilaga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jamil Hartono kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in SS ELMARA's zone, Xiao Kong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mahyadi Arsana came out of the goal and Xiao Kong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Rachman Kusumadilaga made the kick off in the second half. Xaverius Sianipar kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. In the 53rd minute, Jamil Hartono hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th match minute, SS ELMARA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radja Warauw to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Gloria Steinem Liberty's Daniel Ireland got a free kick in the 55th minute. Peter Tracy blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mahyadi Arsana having to make a save. 64 minutes into the match, SS ELMARA's goalkeeper Mahyadi Arsana had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kevin Reid. In the 71st minute, Yessie Sentanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gloria Steinem Liberty's Ben Hazel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachman Kusumadilaga in the 79th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Gloria Steinem Liberty's Mahyadi Arsana threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Christopher Norfolk, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 86th minute Gloria Steinem Liberty were awarded a corner. Kevin Reid went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Gloria Steinem Liberty's corner Kevin Reid fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mahyadi Arsana quite easily take care of the ball. In the 89th minute, Rachman Kusumadilaga made a precise shot to the right of Ben Hazel. Gloria Steinem Liberty's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Herman Ruchiyat made in the 92nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Gloria Steinem Liberty's Daniel Ireland. SS ELMARA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Gloria Steinem Liberty for a fine match.