Bali United Coach Beware Of North Maluku United Rapid Attacks

Bali United coach, Johnny Jansen, is very alert to the new power of North Maluku United (Instagram/@baliunitedfc).

JAKARTA - Bali United will play the second week of the 2025/2026 Super League with a trip to North Maluku United headquarters. Ahead of the match, the coach of Serdadu Tridatu, Johnny Jansen, was wary of the hosts' quick attacks when appearing at home.

"They have the power in the rapid transition of agile players, as do their defenders."

"They can press directly with the ball. This will not be an easy match with the quality they have," Jansen said in a press conference ahead of the match quoted from the I-League page Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Bali United will travel to Gelora Kie Raha Stadium, Friday, August 15, 2025, at 19.00 WIB.

Before visiting, Johnny had monitored the quality of potential opponents who according to him had good quality.

You see, Malut United is the most active team in the transfer market. Noted, there were 15 new players who joined Laskar Kie Raha.

The recruitment that was highlighted was the purchase of many Persib players. There are four former Maung Bandung players who are now wrapped in North Maluku clothes, namely Ciro Alves, David da Silva, Tyronne del Pino, and Gustavo Franca.

Not to mention that Malut United received an overflow from PSS Sleman who was relegated to the second level (Championship) league. There are three former Javanese Eagle Super players, namely Vinicius Duarte 'Vico', Abduh Lestaluhu, and Alan Bernardon.

This situation is also a tough obstacle that must be faced again by Serdadu Tridatu after failing to win full points in the previous match against Persik Kediri.

However, Johnny admitted that his team would not be afraid to pursue victory.

"If we look at the match against Persik, we have a lot of opportunities. That will be a factor in our strength to do the same," said Jansen.

Apart from that, Jansen further responded to the presence of players from the U-23 Indonesian national team, Jens Raven and Kadek Arel, who strengthened Bali United.

Although both of them have not started, he emphasized that he will continue to hone the abilities of the names of young players in his team.

"In my opinion, the way to develop young players like Arel and Jens is to make them play with high intensity."

"We train them two to three times a week specifically for power training. We also show training videos for these players. We want to make them better players in the future," he said.