The Third Ranking Competition For Liga 2 Persiraja Vs North Maluku United Colored By Chaos

JAKARTA - The match for the third place in Liga 2 2023/2024 brought together Persiraja Banda Aceh vs North Maluku United. Ended with a score of 0-0, the match at the Langsa Stadium was marked by chaos.

Appearing in front of his own supporters on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Persiraja tried to control the match from the early minutes. The opportunity to break the deadlock is open through the movement of the captain, Andik Vermansyah.

However, the host's efforts were thwarted by North Maluku United goalkeeper Ray Redondo. The hosts' breakthrough in the early minutes saw the visitors intensify attacks to anticipate conceding.

Malut United's move threatened the opponent's goal only happened in the 40th minute through the Finky Pasamba attack. However, this step did not bear sweet fruit because the ball was successfully pushed over by goalkeeper Muhammad Fahri.

The tense situation did not last until the first half match was over. After the break, the home team threatened again with Arif's left foot kick in the 59th minute, but again it did not bear fruit.

After that, Malut United controlled the game and attacked in the middle of the second half. The lack of pressure from Persiraja made North Maluku United free to move into the opponent's defense.

In the 69th minute, Achmad Basit fired a shot from outside the penalty box, but it was still far from Persiraja's goal.

Losing possession made Persiraja players show a tough game by making violations to stop the opponent's movement.

In the 79th minute, Persiraja's supporters threw bottles at the linesman. The moment occurred when Persiraja controlled the ball.

At that time the linesman had been lifting the flag for a long time, but the referee was not watching.

Therefore, as soon as Persiraja played the ball, the referee just stopped the game after seeing the flag raised by the linesman.

Not accepting the decision of the line judge, Rizky Yusuf Nasution approached the line judge and made contact.

Not long ago, the audience threw bottles into the field. In the 90+2 minute, Almuzani was dropped by Jeong Ho-min in the penalty box, but referee Cahya Sugandi did not consider the incident a violation.

Suddenly, Persiraja players and officials immediately protested. Persiraja captain Andik Vermansah looked annoyed that he did not get a penalty.

Andik pulled Cahya's referee's shirt. This hot situation made a number of spectators enter the field.

Not accepting the referee's decision, Andik and a number of Persiraja players cried.

Persiraja's protests made the match stop for more than 10 minutes which was then stopped through a joint decision and ended with a 0-0 draw.

This draw makes the chances of the two promotional teams to Liga 1 2024/2025 still equally strong. The reason is, there is still a second leg that will be held at the Madya Stadium, Jakarta, Saturday, March 9, 2024 with North Maluku United as the host.