PSIS Vs Persija: Tiger Kemayoran Without Indonesian National Team Players

JAKARTA - PSIS Semarang will host Persija Jakarta in the eighth week of Liga 1 2024/2025 at the Madya Magelang Stadium, Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 19.00 WIB.

Both teams are both aiming for the first victory after winning four matches before.

PSIS suffered three defeats and one draw in the four newest parties. Meanwhile, Persija lost twice and drew twice in the previous four matches.

The second clash will be hot if you look at the target.

The problem now is that Persija, who came as a guest, cannot appear with his best squad.

Carlos Pena must prepare a team without players on duty in the Indonesian national team, namely Rizky Ridho, Witan Sulaeman, and Muhammad Ferarri.

There is a high possibility that all three are absent against PSIS because they only finished playing for the Garuda Squad on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, in China.

"I would prefer to be able to use all the players. You see, that's the best situation for every coach, especially the Indonesian national team players."

"You know how important they are to the team. Even so, I am the coach who will try to find the best solutions for the team," said Carlos Pena on Persija's official website.

"Of course, I would be happy if I could play them. However, I think it would be difficult because they played in China two days earlier. So they probably wouldn't be in the best condition," said the coach again.

Nevertheless, the Kemayoran Tigers continued to carry the mission back to winning ways. Pena did not really mind the absence of three players considering Persija had a qualified depth.

"Of course I tried. I worked very hard. I tried to improve the team so we could play the best way. Our goal was to get points by points. That's my job."

"My only focus is to improve team performance to make Persija win the game after game. I will make the team more competitive," said Carlos Pena.

Persija's great motivation deserves to be watched out for by PSIS Semarang even though they also want to rise.

Laskar Mahesa Jenar is an unseeded team even though he plays at home. The achievement of one point seems to be a realistic target in the match later.

Formation Forecast

PSIS Semarang (3-4-3): Syahrul Trisna; Ruxi, Alfeandra Dewangga, Joao Vitor; Bouakary Diara, Tri Setiawan, Haykal Alhafiz, Sandy Ferizal; Gali Freitas, Wildan Ramdhani; Septian David Maulana

Persija Jakarta (3-4-2-1): Andritany Ardhiyasa; Odrej Kudela, Akbar Arjunsyah, Raka Cahyana Rizky; Syahrian Abimanyu, Riko Simanjuntak, Ramon Bueno, Rio Fahmi; Maciej Gajos, Ryo Matsumura; Gustavo