League

Jawa Timur Arena
Spectators: 9080 (Terracing: 6900, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 180) Giant's Hardy Karaeng 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. Black Pink made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Viesturs Visockis sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Giant's Black Pink got control of the ball when Viesturs Visockis tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 6th minute Hardy Karaeng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Umberto Marinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Giant were awarded a corner in the 10th minute after Mojokerto City's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Uston Suparmaji took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Uston Suparmaji got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Umberto Marinho quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Viesturs Visockis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Black Pink made a huge save. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mojokerto City's goalkeeper Umberto Marinho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 25th minute of the match Giant got a corner. Mojokerto City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Uston Suparmaji ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Giant's Uston Suparmaji to fire away a dangerous shot which Umberto Marinho despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After having played for 27 minutes, Hardy Karaeng managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Giant's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hardy Karaeng was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Umberto Marinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hardy Karaeng in the 34th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Druvvaldis Bitēns in the 35th minute of play forced Giant's goalkeeper Black Pink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute of the match Giant got a corner. Mojokerto City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Uston Suparmaji ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 41 minutes of play, Giant's Hardy Karaeng made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Umberto Marinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 45th minute, Utte Harahap hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Utte Harahap made a kick off. Giant's Black Pink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viesturs Visockis in the 50th minute of play. After 53 minutes of play, Giant's Hardy Karaeng made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Umberto Marinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Druvvaldis Bitēns in the 58th minute of play forced Giant's goalkeeper Black Pink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mojokerto City's goalkeeper Umberto Marinho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mojokerto City's Umberto Marinho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Mojokerto City from getting a goal against them. Umberto Marinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hardy Karaeng, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Mojokerto City's Umberto Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hardy Karaeng in the 68th minute of play. 68 minutes into the game, Hardy Karaeng cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Umberto Marinho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Utte Harahap in the 72nd minute of play forced Giant's goalkeeper Black Pink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zaki Supardi's late challenge caught a Mojokerto City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zaki Supardi helped the player get up and apologised. Zaki Supardi kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Mojokerto City's Umberto Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hardy Karaeng in the 75th minute of play. Ruben Wiryawan made in the 80th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Utte Harahap immediately put the ball in play. 85 minutes into the match, Ucok Saiman notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Mojokerto City's Umberto Marinho. Umberto Marinho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Giant's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Uston Suparmaji in the 89th minute. After 94 played minutes Mojokerto City got a freekick which was hit by Viesturs Visockis. The Mojokerto City supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Giant's performance. The match ended with a win for Giant.