JAKARTA Persija Jakarta successfully beat Persik Kediri, 2-0 in Saturday 16 March at the Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar. Thanks to this victory, the Kemayoran Tigers also moved to ninth in the standings with 38 points from 29 matches. While the White Tigers were stuck in 6th position with 43 points from 29 matches.

Marko Simic, the Persija striker from Croatia, became a hero for the capital team thanks to the braces he scored in the 20th and 91th minutes.

Marko Simic, the Persija Jakarta striker has also shown quite impressive performances during the last four matches of the Kemayoran Tigers. He was able to score three braces in Persija's last four matches.

Simic has played 22 games so far this season and scored 9 goals for the Kemayoran Tigers so far and played for 101 minutes.

In addition to scoring a brace in the match against Persik, he also scored two goals in the match against Arema FC and Dewa United. Simic only scored zero when Persija lost 1-2 to Persib. But previously he also had scored two goals when he met Bhayangkara in July 2023. He scored one other goal when Persija held Persib 1-1 in the first round of Liga 1

Simic, who has had an international career with Croatia U21, has been defending Persija since 2018. But in the 2022/2023 season, he returned to Croatia to defend Radni Krigujevac.

Overall, Simic has shown a solid performance and an important contribution to Persija Jakarta during this season. Despite some obstacles such as injury, he has managed to maintain a good performance and became a consistent goal contributor to his team.


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