Ahead Of Persija Jakarta Vs PSM Makassar, Sudirman: I Hope Players Still Have Passion To Play

Sudirman (Twitter.com/@persija_jkt)

JAKARTA - Persija Sudirman coach asked his team to show passion for playing in their last three matches in the 2021-2022 Indonesian League 1.

"I hope the players still have the passion to play because it will determine the outcome of the match," Sudirman said as quoted by Antara, Sunday, March 20.

Persija has three final matches in Liga 1 Indonesia 2021-2022, which are against PSM on Monday, March 21), Bhayangkara on Saturday (March 26) and PSS at a time to be determined later.

The squad nicknamed the Kemayoran Tigers did not pursue anything else for the rest of the season except to maintain the top 10 position in the 2021-2022 Indonesian League 1 standings.

Currently, Persija is temporarily in eighth position in the standings with a collection of 41 points from 31 matches.

They certainly failed to fulfill the target of at least being in third position in the final standings.

A series of negative results caused Persija to be unable to become a team that challenged the top of the standings. In his last 10 matches alone, Riko Simanjuntak and his friends recorded five defeats, three draws and only two wins.

On Thursday, "Tigers of Kemayoran" were defeated by Madura United with a score of 1-3 in a match that took place at the Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Bali.

For the negative results, Sudirman also apologized, especially to the loyal supporters of his squad, The Jakmania.

"I apologize to The Jakmania. All this is my responsibility. The players have been fighting on the field," said the 52-year-old tactician.