League Results 1: Hattrick Matias Mier Brings Barito Putera Lumat Persebaya 3-0

Matias Mier, an attacker from Uruguay who strengthened Barito Putera Banjarmasin in Liga 1 2024/2025. (Instagram)

JAKARTA - PS Barito Putera Matias Mier's attacking midfielder performed brilliantly and packed a hat-trick while taking his team to crushing Persebaya Surabaya 3-0 in the match continued week 20 of Liga 1 Indonesia 2024/25 at the Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Bali, Saturday night.

The result extended Persebaya's bad trend, which has now lost four consecutive matches. However, Bajol Ijo is still perched in second place in the standings with a collection of 37 points, while Barito Putera is 15th with 18 points.

Appearing as the host, Barito Putera immediately came out pressing since the whistle was blown by referee Steven Yubel Poli.

As a result, only eight minutes into the match, Mier successfully opened Laskar Antasari's advantage after hitting a hard shot that Persebaya goalkeeper Ernando Ari couldn't anticipate.

The player from Uruguay who was born in 1990 again gave a dangerous attack to the opposing camp with the green jersey in the 23rd minute and managed to break into the opponent's goal by using Lucas Morellato's pass.

Less than 30 minutes from the first half, precisely in the 28th minute, Mier almost scored the third goal that Ernando could drive away.

Until the two teams went down at half-time, the scoreboard put the 2-0 lead for the home team.

Meanwhile, entering the second half of the visitors with the nickname Bajul Ijo took the initiative to attack the opposing team's defense, which was managed by the interim coach Fransmen.

Paul Munster's squad stepped up attacks and had a number of goal chances but Bruno and his friends were unlucky to convert the opportunity into a goal.

Matias Mier became the most dangerous player in the match by scoring the third goal again with a header in the 90+4 minute.

Until the referee Steven blew the long whistle until the match ended, Barito Putera packed three winning points without reply from Persebaya.

The following is the line-up for the two teams:

PS Barito Putera: Satria Tama (goalkeeper), Anderson Carneiro, Henry Nier Codina, Levy Madinda, Lucas Morelatto, Nazar Nurzaidin, Novan Setya, Aditiya Daffa, Rizky Pora, Renan Alves, Exel Runtuahu.

Temporary Coach: Frans Badminton

Persebaya Surabaya: Ernando Ari Sutaryadi (goalkeeper), Arief Catur, Gilson da Costa, Bruno Moreira, Slavko Damjanovic, Flavio da Silva, Kadek Raditya, Alfan Suaib, Mohammed Rashid, Malik Risaldi, Dejan Tumbas.