Forget The Draw Against Persik, Persija Is Ready To Face Barito Putera

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JAKARTA - Persija Jakarta will play the second series of the 2021 Indonesian Liga 1 series against Barito Putera, Friday tomorrow. Appearing as the host at the Madya Magelang Stadium, the Kemayoran Tigers have forgotten the draw against Persik Kediri in the previous match and chose to focus on the upcoming match.

This was revealed by coach Angelo Alessio in a virtual press conference on Thursday, November 4. On that occasion, Alessio said his team was in good preparation and ready to win points again. "We have made good preparations and we are ready to play (against Barito)," said the coach. Against Barito Putera will be the closing match for Persija in the second series of Liga 1 2021, for that Marko Simic et al will clearly aim for full points to get good results. Alessio also briefly mentioned the tight schedule that his team had to undergo. But it is believed that it is not a big problem for the players. "Although we have many games to play in this very short time, it doesn't matter that we are ready to play," continued the coach.

Readiness was apparently not only expressed by the coach, Marco Motta as a Persija defender also stated the same thing. The former Juventus player admitted that the match against Barito was an important meeting and he was very prepared. "I think it's an important match, everything is so important but this is no less important for us to finish the second round of the series well with the three points." said Motta at the same time. "We trained well today and we are ready for tomorrow," he said.