Overthrow East Java 2-1, Aceh To The Papua PON Men's Football Final

JAKARTA - The Aceh men's soccer team stepped into the final of the XX Papua National Sports Week (PON) after overthrowing East Java with a score of 2-1 in the semifinal match at Barnabas Youwe Stadium, Jayapura Regency, Tuesday. each contributed one goal for Aceh's victory, which East Java could only reply once through Dwiki Mardiyanto. East Java actually had a golden opportunity to equalize via a penalty kick, but Muhamad Faisol Yunus' execution bounced over the crossbar. In the final later, Aceh will meet the hosts Papua, who in the other semifinal crushed East Kalimantan 5-1 at the Mandala Stadium. Head coach Rudy Keltjes made four changes to his line-up, including the move to field two sharp strikers Faisol Yunus and Dian Sasongko from the start, after both started the previous match from the bench Meanwhile, in the Aceh camp, winger Ridha Umami looks good yes, he was fit enough to be relegated from the start, even though in the previous match he had suffered an injury. In addition, head coach Fakhri Husaini made two changes with wing-back Rezal Mursalin and midfielder Khairil Anwar. Unfortunately Khairil suffered an injury early in the match and had to be withdrawn when the match was not even 10 minutes old to be replaced by Alvin Abdul Halim Nasution. After controlling the ball or launching an attack, it was Aceh who managed to open the scoring through Akhirul Wadhan's goal in the 22nd minute. Starting from East Java's failure to anticipate the throw-in situation sent by Khairunnas, the wild ball was able to be controlled by Akhirul Wadhan who stabbed into the penalty box and then outwitted him. goalkeeper Eko Saputro with a lob shot into the far post area. East Java, who tried to take advantage of the width of the field, almost equalized in the 37th minute, unfortunately Faisol Yunus' narrow angle shot from the left side was still too high above the Aceh goal. muffled by the line of defense Aceh kept the advantage 1-0 until halftime. East Java returned from half-time with the ambition to get up, but what happened instead was that Aceh managed to double their advantage through Muzakir's goal when the second half had not even been running for two minutes. the midfield opened the gap for Akhirul Wadhan to burst into the penalty box and fired a measured shot which Eko Saputro could still block.

However, Eko Saputro's anticipation was not perfect and the ball threw up in front of Muzakir, who was free-standing without an escort to break into the Jatjm goal. East Java almost immediately gave an instant reply after the follow-up, but unfortunately Faisol Yunus' shot still aimed right at the arms of goalkeeper Chairil Zul Azhar. the East Java players finally came to fruition in the 53rd minute when the ball into the opponent's penalty box failed to be anticipated by the Aceh players and the ball fell in front of Dwiki Mardiyanto, who then fired an unstoppable shot from Chairil Zul Azhar to make it 1-2. With this goal, East Java took control of the game again and almost equalized in the 66th minute when Dian Sasongko's free kick was headed by Malik Prayitno, but the ball was saved by Chairil Zul Azhar. The situation created chaos in front of goal, but Malik Prayitno's last shot was only hit the outside of the Aceh net. In the 73rd minute, Aceh almost restored asi their advantage when the substitute striker for Perda Rachman has faced one on one with Eko Candra, but his shot still ends up not meeting the target. East Java then got a golden opportunity when he was awarded a penalty kick by referee Thoriq M. Alkatiri when Arief Catur Pamungkas was brought down by M. Fayrushi in the forbidden box in the 82nd minute. However, Faisol Yunus who became the executioner instead released a penalty kick that was too high over the crossbar. The 2-1 score lasted until halftime and Fayrushi the Aceh captain became one of the figures who looked relieved because his team didn't have to pay dearly for his mistakes. The meeting against Aceh and Papua became a replay of the 1993 Jakarta PON final, which ended with Papua winning.