Bring Persib Bandung Good Luck To RANS Nusantara, Luis Milla's Success In Debut As A Coach In Liga 1

Persib Bandung striker David Da Silva celebrated after breaking into the RANS Nusantara goal in the Indonesian League 1 match at the Bandung Stadium, Sea of Fire, Bandung, West Java, Sunday (4/9/2022). (Antara/Raisan Al Farisi)

JAKARTA - Luis Milla made his debut as Persib Bandung coach by winning the full three points against RANS Nusantara FC after winning 2-1 over his guest in the eighth week of the Indonesian League 1 match at the Bandung Stadium, Sea Api, Bandung, Sunday.

David da Silva and Ciro Alves took Persib two goals ahead until halftime, while RANS hit back through Wander Luiz in the second half but had to be willing to go home from Bandung empty-handed.

The victory lifted Persib up to 10th in the standings with 10 points, while RANS was in 16th position with five points, according to the Indonesian League's official website.

Persib took the initiative to attack from the start but only created a significant threat in the 26th minute which immediately resulted in an opening goal for the lead when Da Silva capitalized on Alves' pass with a hard kick to find the RANS goal.

Febri Hariyadi almost doubled Maung Bandung's lead when he executed a free kick, unfortunately the ball can still be parried by goalkeeper RANS Hilman Syah.

The hosts doubled their lead over RANS to 2-0 minutes into extra time in the first half through Alves' penalty, after Rachmat Irianto was dropped in the box.

Persib still seemed to control the game in the first 10 minutes of the second half, but they failed to create meaningful chances. In fact, the visitors who cut the threat to Persib's goal through Luiz's hard kick, but goalkeeper Reky Rahayu was still able to secure the ball.

Luiz again successfully tricked Persib's defense to push into the home box, unfortunately his finishing shot was still sideways on the left side of the goal.

Da Silva almost scored his second goal for Persib in this match, had his shot not hit the post.

Seven minutes before the dispersal of normal time, RANS could only find a goal back against Persib they were looking for.

Starting from the opportunity for a penalty kick obtained, Luiz as the executioner had found his execution thwarted by Reky, but the ball vomited by the Brazilian striker to change the score to 1-2.

Unfortunately, that momentum could not be continued by RANS to look for additional goals, so they had to return from Bandung without getting a single point.

Furthermore, Persib Bandung is scheduled to travel to the Arena FC headquarters on Sunday (11/9), while RANS Nusantara will host Persik Kediri the day before.