Liza Armanita's Beautiful Goal Brings Papua To The XX Women's Football Championship Gold PON

JAKARTA - Papua won the gold medal for women's soccer at the XX Papua National Sports Week (PON) after beating West Java 1-0 in the final through Liza Armanita Madjar's beautiful goal.

Launching Antara, in the match which was held at Katapal Stadium, Merauke, Monday, the two teams played openly by applying attacking football.

West Java threatened in the third minute which started from a corner kick but was thwarted by Papua goalkeeper Agustina Kwano.

Putri Papua, who played under the full support of the crowd, in turn threatened the West Java goal through Emmy Clarce Falentina Awes' free kick, but West Java goalkeeper Diyana Herliana was able to anticipate.

West Java again attacked Papua's defense through Siti Laitpah Nurul Inayah, but unfortunately her shot was still high above the Papuan crossbar

In the 18th minute, West Java again had the opportunity to score through a free kick from player number 15 Helsya Maeisyaroh but did not meet the target.

The match was fast and hard. Several times the referee had to blow the whistle for violations due to collisions between players of the two teams.

West Java almost scored a goal in the 45th minute if only Helsya Maeisyaroh's kick from outside the penalty box failed to be dispelled by the Papuan goalkeeper who played brilliantly in the first half.

The scoreless draw also closed the first round of the gold medal match between Papua and West Java.

Papua included two players at the same time at the beginning of the second half, namely Liza Armanita Madjar and Yuliana Ongge to increase the pounding power.

The result was immediately seen in the 73rd minute after Liza Armanita Madjar scored a beautiful goal from outside the penalty box which the West Java goalkeeper could not reach. Papua was winning 1-0.

West Java tried to catch up in the remaining minutes of the second half. However, until one minute of added time in the second half there were no more goals from both teams.

The match ended with the score 1-0 for Papuat's victory. Papua also won the gold medal for women's soccer PON XX, while the bronze medal was won by Bangka Belitung after beating DKI Jakarta 3-0.