BaraCudan 1 - 6 Milano (286717674)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at BaraCudan Arena today. John Denton was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yakir Ma'Atuk and José María Arreche. Everyone was excited about the upcoming DKI Jakarta derby and the crowd was divided evenly. BaraCudan decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Iranda - Yakobus, Irfani, Tomagola, Antares - Nyetam, Surawi, Safe’i, Sutaji - Fakul, Tarigan.

Milano had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Birgersson - Frits, Turbato, Quezada, Pifar - Lancia, Wibisono, Gamboa, Iskandar - Hutahuruk, Budi.

I. Antares of BaraCudan received a yellow card after 23 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 27 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. K. Budi put the ball away for 0 - 1. E. Lancia increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. A. Hutahuruk received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 38 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Milano fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Confident in their lead, Milano's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Milano, with 77 percent of the ball.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the Milano coach let I. Hadi replace J. Birgersson after 46 minutes. With the scoreboard showing that 48 minutes had been played, Milano nearly put themselves up another goal after E. Frits came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. The referee showed Milano's M. Pifar the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. BaraCudan made sure of not letting E. Lancia succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 51 minutes into the game, speedy I. Antares came to the rescue and stopped the attack. The corner kick from J. Yakobus was powerfully met by the head of I. Sutaji to make the score 1 - 3. Milano increased their lead after 72 minutes when S. Turbato broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. After 77 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed F. Quezada to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 5. After 78 minutes Milano's E. Frits limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. After 79 minutes, Milano's A. Hutahuruk burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 6. Milano enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 80 percent of possession.

BaraCudan's top performer was clearly A. Nyetam. S. Tomagola was a disappointment, however. S. Turbato performed admirably for Milano. I. Hadi turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 6.