Persebaya Coach Aji Santoso Beware Of PSS Awakening Under Putu Gede's Care

JAKARTA - Week 21 of Liga 1 2021/2022 will feature a hot match between Persebaya Surabaya and PSS Sleman on Saturday, January 29.

Ahead of the match which took place at I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Bali at 18.15 WIB, Persebaya coach, Aji Santoso was fully aware of the rise of PSS as opponents this time. This was revealed by Aji Santoso because the Super Elang Jawa is now under the care of a new coach, I Putu Gede.

Aji Santoso's vigilance was placed on PSS because he was aware that under the coach from Bali, Super Elja had experienced a significant improvement. At the beginning of Putu Gede's presence, PSS began to make changes to the playing pattern of their old coach, Dejan Antonic.

"Now that coach Putu (Gede) has also been in league 2 to League 1, of course this is proof that coach Putu is a quality coach," said Aji Santoso.

"I saw changes in the team coached by Putu after replacing coach Dejan, there were slight changes that I saw, that's what I anticipated," continued Aji Santoso during a press conference ahead of the match.

Regarding Aji Santoso, who knows very well how I Putu Gede's performance, the coach of Persebaya Surabaya explained that their closeness started when they both played for the Indonesian national team.

"I am very close to coach Putu. In the past, I was also in the national team even though he was younger than me. Had time to play together in the national team," said Aji Santoso. Persebaya will use it to get back to winning ways.

The reason is, before that Bajul Ijo's troops failed to maintain an unbeaten record for 13 matches. They had to surrender to Bhayangkara FC with a score of 2-1.

That's why the match against PSS will be utilized by Persebaya Regency to realize high ambitions to win again and secure a position at the top of the standings.