JAKARTA - Persija Jakarta's foreign midfielder, Ryo Matsumura, was not registered in the team's ranks for the first round of the 2025/2026 Super League.
Regarding this situation, Mauricio Souza as the coach apparently had his own reasons. He revealed that Ryo Matsumura was seriously injured so he had to recover with a long break.
"About Ryo (Matsumura), he will not appear in the first round. Ryo is seriously injured and has to undergo surgery."
"Now his condition is improving, but his recovery period is three to four months. So, we decided to register him in the next transfer market (January 2026), as soon as he recovered," said Souza after leading Persija's training quoted from Antara, Friday, August 15, 2025.
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Ryo Matsumura is one of Persija's mainstay foreign players in the 2024/2025 season. Of the 34 matches he played last season, Ryo appeared trending by contributing seven goals and eight assists.
This season, Persija has 10 foreign players out of a total of 11 quotas so there are still other options to patch the midfielder's position. However, it was not only Ryo who had to be sidelined, another member of the Kemayoran Tigers who also still could not play was Gustavo Almeida.
Regarding when Almeida could return to play, Mauricio Souza admitted that he still could not predict.
"It's difficult for me to confirm now when he (Gustavo Almeida) will play, which match."
"His condition is already much better than his injury, but there is still all part of the training process that he has not participated in," said Souza about Almeida's condition.
Even without Ryo Matsumura and Gustavo Almeida, Persija managed to reap sweet results in the first match of this season.
Facing Persita Tangerang, the Kemayoran Tigers won 4-0. Furthermore, Persija will undergo their first away match to Persis Solo headquarters on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
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