Players Yell At Referee, Yellow Card Robert Alberts: Interesting Experience For Me

Robert Alberts (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Persib coach Robert Alberts laughed at his yellow card in the Indonesian Liga 1 match against Persija, last Tuesday night, at the Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Bali.

"I'm still laughing about it. The referee didn't show his best performance," said Robert as quoted by Antara, Wednesday.

According to the Dutch coach, the referee Fariq Hitaba who was in charge of the match gave a sanction for what Roberts did not do.

Robert said that it was the players who shouted at the referee from the stands. Fariq knows this, but he punishes Robert instead.

"When one of our players got a yellow card on the pitch, my players in the stands shouted 'Good referee'. The referee came to me and said that my players in the stands were interfering with his work. However, because the referee didn't know who the player was, the coach was penalized . It was an interesting experience for me," said the 67-year-old man.

Persija's match against Persib was indeed tough, until referee Fariq Hitaba had to issue 10 yellow cards, eight each to players and two to officials, namely for Robert Alberts and Persija manager Bambang Pamungkas.

The match ended 2-0 for Persib's victory. Maung Bandung's two goals were bought up by striker David da Silva.

The victory over Persija boosted Persib to second place in the Liga 1 standings with 57 points from 28 matches.

Maung Bandung's opportunity to win the 2021-2022 season is very open because it is only three points away from standings leader Bali United.

Next, Persib will face the bottom team of the Persiraja standings on Saturday 5 March at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Stadium, Denpasar, Bali.