Persebaya Vs Persita, The Score Is Still The Same Strong Until It Drops

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DENPASAR - The continuation of the 2021 Liga 1 title, including bringing together Persebaya Surabaya and Persita Tangerang. Both teams are on fire, with Persebaya under the tutelage of Coach Aji Santoso still perched in the top five, so the additional three points are expected to keep the team's hopes on track for the championship.

Meanwhile, Persita, who is in the middle of the table, is also known to be enjoying a positive trend under the direction of coach Widodo Cahyono Putro. An additional note for this match, that the Swordsman Cisadane troops carried a revenge mission, ended in the first round, Team Bajul Ijo successfully defeated them with a striking score of four goals without reply.

Kick-off will be held at 18.15 WIB. Both teams seemed to be playing quite openly, thus presenting a quite entertaining match. In the 23rd minute, Persebaya striker, Samsul Arif, managed to face off against Persita goalkeeper, Rendy Oscario. However, the goalkeeper still managed to break the attack from the old player from Bojonegoro, East Java.

Four minutes later, Persebaya's attack again threatened, but was again secured by the Persita defense. On the other hand, Ricki Ariansyah from Persita, in the 37th minute, also managed to spread threats to Persebaya's goal, unfortunately it has not produced results.

The score finally changed, when Ahmad Hardianto managed to beat Persebaya goalkeeper, Andika Ramadani, which gave Persita the advantage. However, this advantage did not last long, after Persebaya midfielder from Japan, Taisei Marukawa, successfully struck the ball into Persita's goal, in the 45th minute.

Until the referee blew the long whistle signaling the game ended in the first half, the two teams still shared points with the score 1-1.