Aji Santoso Pockets Persib's Strength, Persebaya Asked To Attack

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JAKARTA - Persebaya will undergo the match week 16 of Liga 1 2021 against Persib Bandung. Ahead of the match which took place at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman on Wednesday 8 December night, Aji Santoso claimed to have pocketed the strength of his opponent.

Therefore, the Persebaya coach asked his team to perform optimally when playing away games. Aji also asked Bajul Ijo to attack as much as possible from the start of the match.

"I know that tactical Robert Alberts (Persib coach) doesn't really like players who are really defensive," said Aji Santoso, quoted from Persebaya lama.

"I also don't like being in our team, I will ask for an attack in the Persib Bandung match," he added.

Aji Santoso admitted that he learned about it after losing the meeting in the Menpora Cup. At that time Persebaya lost to Persib with a score of 2-3 and failed to qualify for the semifinals.

Because of that, Aji also doesn't want his team to repeat the same mistake in the match later.

"We can find out the strength of Persib, what kind of tactical coach Robert is."

"We have taken lessons from that, including not being allowed to make basic mistakes like that time," he said.

Coming up against Persib, Persebaya is also confirmed to have lost a number of players due to card accumulation and calls to strengthen the national team. There are four names that must come to Singapore to defend the Garuda squad, they are Ricky Kambuaya, Rachmat Irianto, Rizky Ridho and Ernando Ari Sutaryadi.