JAKARTA - Persija Jakarta and Persib Bandung will meet in a prestigious match in the 17th week of the 2025/2026 Super League on January 11, 2026. Ahead of the classic duel full of rivalry, both teams have saved their best strength in the previous match.
Macan Kemayoran, for example, when meeting Persijap Jepara in week 16, they kept Maxwell Souza and Jordi Amat.
Persija coach Mauricio Souza said he was forced to put Souza and Jordi on the bench because they were exhausted. However, in the end, without the two players, Persija still won 2-0 over Persijap.
"To reduce the risk of cards or injuries, we decided not to start with them both (Jordi and Souza against Persijap). Now, they are ready to fight Persib," said Souza in a press conference after the match against Persijap.
The same thing was applied by Persib Bandung. When playing against Persik Kediri, two of their main players, Federico Barba and Elino Reijnders, were not included in the team.
Bojan Hodak as coach revealed the reason for not bringing Federico Barba and Eliano Reijnders due to injury. Specifically, Eliano, the player is said to be undergoing a recovery period so he was rested.
"They (Eliano and Barba) are injured. However, I hope this is not serious. Eliano will start training again when we return (to Bandung) and for Barba we will see. We have to do an examination," said Hodak in a press conference ahead of the match against Persik.
Apart from the scheme applied by the coach to the team's situation, Persija and Persib are currently competing fiercely in the 2025/2026 Super League standings. Persija is temporarily in second place in the standings with 35 points, ahead of Persib who scored 34 points and is in fourth place.
As a result, the meeting in Bandung will present interesting tensions.
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