KOMPAS.com – PS Sleman won 1-0 over Persebaya Surabaya in the final Group C match Menpora Cup 2021.
Laga PSS vs Persebaya it was held at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung Regency, Wednesday (7/4/2021) evening WIB.
The only goal for the Javanese Eagle Super puppet in this match was scored by Irfan Bachdim through the white dot in the 47th minute.
Irfan Bachdim’s penalty led PSS to the Menpora Cup quarter-finals with the status of Group C winners. They qualified with Persebaya.
PSS is ranked first in the final standings of Group C with a collection of seven points from five matches.
The PSS point collection is similar to Bajul Ijo in the second tier, but they are superior head-to-head.
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The course of the match
Persebaya no longer has any interest in this match. They have confirmed to qualify for the quarter-finals Menpora Cup 2021.
However, it seems that Persebaya does not want to be safe. They continued to appear attacking from the start of the match to look for victory.
The first chance for Aji Santoso’s squad was obtained when the game was only six minutes old. Marselino Ferdinan opened a right-footed shot from the PSS penalty area.
Unfortunately, the ball kicked by the player with the number seven back was not accurate because it was only sideways on the side of the PSS goal guarded by Ega Rizky.
Meanwhile, PSS, which needed a draw to qualify for the last eight of the Menpora Cup, survived more at the start of the match.
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The Javanese Super Eagle is waiting behind him and occasionally launches a counterattack.
PSS’s first opportunity was obtained in the 13th minute when Irfan Jaya fired a left-footed rocket from inside the penalty box.
The ex-Persebaya winger kick managed to shake the PSS net, but on the side. That is, failing to produce goals.
PSS counterattack again endangered Persebaya defense in the 20th minute. The combination of Irfan Bachdim and Nicolas Velez ended with Velez’s hard kick from outside the penalty box.
Unfortunately, Velez’s efforts were fruitless after the ball shot soared above the Persebaya goal guarded by Ernando Ari.
PSS again threatened the PSS goal in the 28th minute. Irfan Bachdim’s free kick from the right side of the attack was greeted by Asyraq Gufron’s header from the box 16.
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Asyraq’s header headed towards goal, but it was too weak, so Ernando Ari could easily secure it.
PSS continued to attack Persebaya’s defense for the remaining time of the first half. In the 41st minute, Wahyu Sukarta’s free kick was received by Asyraq Gufron who was standing in the penalty box.
However, Ashraq was not ready to accept the boa sent by Wahyu. Instead, he pushed the ball out, even though the goal was empty.
The score of kacatama alias 0-0 is the final result of the first half of the PS Sleman vs Persebaya Surabaya match.
After halftime, PSS was awarded a penalty when the second half had been running for a few seconds after Arsyad was violated in the forbidden box.
The execution of a penalty was taken by Irfan Bachdim and led to a goal for Super Elja. The score changed to 1-0 for PSS in the 47th minute.
47 ‘Penalty from Irfan Bachdim gives PS Sleman a temporary lead.
PS Sleman 1 vs 0 PERSEBAYA.
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Two minutes later, PSS came close to scoring their second goal, but it was ultimately canceled as Mario Maslac’s close-range header shot over the net.
In the 55th minute, Persebaya surprised PSS with Marselino Ferdinand’s long-range shot that led to the goal.
Luckily, the round skin only hit the crossbar after previously being pushed over by Ega Rizky.
Persebaya got a golden opportunity to score a goal in the 74th minute through an indirect free kick in the PSS penalty box.
However, the opportunity did not produce results after Rizky Rizky Ridho’s hard kick soared slightly over Ega Rizky’s goal.
Nearing the final five minutes, PSS and Persebaya had several opportunities, but none of them resulted in a goal.
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Finally, the 1-0 score for PS Sleman excellence lasted until the match ended.
With this result, PSS and Persebaya both qualified for the 2021 Menpora Cup quarter-finals.
The composition of players:
PSS (4-3-3): 21-Ega Rizky; 3-Bagus Nirwanto, 5-Asyraq Gufron (15-Fabiano Beltrame 45 + 3 ‘), 51-Mario Maslac, 13-Samsul Arifin; 6-Wahyu Sukarta (2-Aaron Evans 60 ‘), 10-Nicolas Velez, 23-Kim Kurniawan; 41-Irfan Jaya, 32-Arsyad (9-Saddam Emiruddin Gaffar 67 ‘), 17-Irfan Bachdim (27-Irkham Mila 66’)
Trainer: Dejan Antonic
Persebaya (4-1-2-3): 21-Ernando Ari; 29-M. Syaifuddin, 24-Arif Satria (14-FR. Sokoy 45 + 2 ‘), 32-Rizky Ridho, 3-Reva Adi Utama; 7-Marselino Ferdinand; 66-Dicky K., 96-AD. Hidayat (12-Rendi Irwan 71 ‘); 11-M. Supriadi (17-Riky Kambuaya 71 ‘), 15-Rifaldi Bawuo, 8-Oktavianus Fernando (57-Akbar Firmansyah 26’)
Trainer: Aji Santoso
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