Don't Want Persija Jakarta To Lose Again In Liga 1 Indonesia, Sudirman: The Opportunity Got Must Be A Goal

Persija Jakarta will face Tira Persikabo in Liga 1 Indonesia. (Doc. Persija official website)

JAKARTA - Persija Jakarta will face Tira Persikabo in the continuation of the Indonesian League 1, Sunday, March 13. Persija coach, Sudirman, did not want his team to lose again.

Persija are in a bad trend ahead of this match. The club nicknamed the Kemayoran Tigers lost in three consecutive matches. They were defeated by Persib Bandung, Bali United and Borneo FC.

Sudirman did not want his foster children to repeat the same mistakes. At that time, Sudirman judged Marko Simic and his friends to play well, but failed to complete many opportunities to score goals

For that, Sudirman asked his team to play effectively by maximizing every opportunity.

"The opportunities we got from the start had to be goals," Sudirman said, as quoted by Antara, Saturday, March 12.

"In the match against Persib and Bali United, we played well with our hearts, but were not lucky. In the match against Borneo FC, our performance was not as good as the two previous matches but even then we got many opportunities, more than the opponent," he continued.

Sudirman emphasized that Persija had the ambition to steal three points against Tira Persikabo. Unfortunately, that ambition is not supported by a complete squad. The Tigers had to lose two players due to card sanctions, Syahrian Abhimanyu and Novri Setiawan.

Tira Persikabo's match against Persija will be held at Kompyang Stadium, Sujana, Denpasar, Bali, at 20.45 WIB.

Persija is currently in seventh position in the 2021-2022 Indonesian Liga 1 standings with a collection of 38 points from 29 matches. Meanwhile, Tira Persikabo is in 12th place in the standings after collecting 34 points from 30 matches.