Jakarta Bhayangkara Precision Rises From Defeat, Beats Jakarta Pertamina Pertamax 3-0

JAKAFTA - Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi's men's team managed to rise from the previous defeat by beating Jakarta Pertamina Pertamax with a landslide score of 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-18) in the first series of the second round of PLN Mobile Proliga 2024 at GOR Tri Dharma, Gresik, East Java, on Sunday night, May 19.

Previously, in Friday 17 May, Bhayangkara Presisi, who was a Proliga finalist last season, lost 1-3 to Jakarta STIN BIN.

"Today we played better. Road services, good revenue and defense are also tighter," said Assistant Coach for Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi, Ayip Rizal, after the match.

Ayip, a former national player, added that his team's game organization is going well and they don't make much mistakes on their own.

"Facing the continuation of the second round, we will continue to serve and receive treatment because during the first round, the two sectors still often errors," said Ayip, who is also a member of the National Police with the rank of captain.

In this match, Bhayangkara Presisi still relied on Daui Okello and Noumory Keita as the main strikers, supported by Randy Tamamilang, Yudha Mardiansyah, and Ahmad Gumilar in the middle blocker position.

The sharp service from Keita and Okello several times made it difficult for Pertamina Pertamax players to make good acceptance, so that this situation was used by Bhayangkara players to press back.

Keita became the star of Bhayangkara Precision victory by scoring 22 points, followed by Daui Okello and Ahmad Gumilar, who contributed 10 and 9 points, respectively.

Meanwhile, the presence of a new foreign player from Iran, Mojtaba Mirza Janpour, who had played in the second set, has not helped the Pertamina Pertamax team a lot in balancing the opponent's pressure.

"Mirza just arrived on Friday, it's natural that she doesn't couple with her colleagues. But indeed today our revenue is bad and our service is also not putting pressure on the opponent," said Pertamina Pertamax Assistant Coach Nur Widayanto.

Despite the fifth defeat of the season, Nur said his team's chances of breaking into the last four were still open.

"There are still five matches and that must be maximized. In two weeks of competition break we are trying to fix the existing shortcomings," he added.

After the end of the first series in Gresik, the 2024 Proliga competition will enter a two-week gap and the second round will resume at GOR Si Jalak Harupat, Bandung, West Java, from 6 to 9 June.