Shocking! 5 own goals scored in Indonesia match as both teams try to lose!

We often receive tip offs about stories from the many fans of 101 Great Goals around the globe.

In this case, we have been inundated with emails urging us to look into the events surrounding PSS Sleman’s 3-2 win over PSIS Semarang in an Indonesia league match on Sunday.

Both teams were trying to avoid playing an encounter against Pusamania Borneo FC – a team known to be backed by the Indonesian mafia.

The clash between PSS Sleman and PSIS Semarang was played behind closed doors due to recent violence, but football fans in Indonesia are in despair over the events.

Five own goals were scored in the match and the video above shows goalkeepers moving out the way and simply allowing balls to drift into the goal.

The sedate nature of the game can also be seen from some fan footage on the clip below.

The Indonesia second tier league consists of two groups, West & East. The top four of each group is drawn into two groups in the next phase. The top two of each group in the second phase then goes to the semi final. This embarrassing game happened in the second phase of eight clubs.

These two clubs were looking to avoiding topping the group as they will face the so-called strongest club in this league.

This is not the first time that match fixing has afflicted Indonesian football.

Back in 1998, Indonesia scored a blatant own goal against Thailand in the group stages of the Tiger Cup group game to avoid topping the group to face hosts Vietnam in the semi final. The own goal scorer, Mursyid Effendi, was given a life ban by FIFA.

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