Spasojevic Scores Brace, Bali United Beats Persita Tangerang 2-1

Persita player Taufiq Febrityanto (right) fights for the ball with Bali United footballer Rizky Pellu (left) (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Bali United successfully beat Persita Tangerang 2-1 in the League 1 continuation, Friday afternoon. Ilija Spasojevic scored two of the Tridatu Serdadu goals.

The naturalized striker from Montenegro managed to score in the 4th and 86th minutes for Bali United, while Edo Febriansyah scored a goal in return from Persita in the 83rd minute.

At the beginning of this match, Bali United took the initiative to attack before finally getting a free kick in the Persita Tangerang defense area.

Brwa Nouri sent a pass into the Persita Tangerang penalty box and was blocked but the ball eventually reached Spasojevic's feet.

Without exercising control, Spasojevic managed to score a spectacular and powerful volley that managed to break into Persita Tangerang's goal which was guarded by Rahmanuddin.

In the 13th minute, Persita had to lose their foreign defender Adam Mitter who was withdrawn due to injury and was replaced by Agung Prasetyo.

Until the first half was over, both teams continued to try to score goals, but the score was 1-0 for Bali United's advantage.

In the second half, Persita tried to attack and threatened the Bali United goal which was guarded by Wawan Hendrawan.

One of the threats made by Persita was carried out by Harrison Cardoso who had taken a free kick but was still thin on the left side of the Bali United goal.

Cardoso continued to threaten and at one point managed to get a kick inside the Bali penalty box but Wawan Hendrawan was still able to deny it.

The goal that Persita had been waiting for was finally born in the 83rd minute when Cardoso managed to send a pass to wing-back Edo Febriansyah who shot and found the net for Bali United.

Stung by Persita's goal, Bali United again tried to take the lead and it happened three minutes after the birth of the goal from the Cisadane Warrior.

Ilija Spasojevic managed to bring Bali United ahead by kicking into the corner of the Bali United goal thanks to a pass from I Kadek Agung in the 86th minute.

Until the second half ended, the 2-1 score for Bali United's victory over Persita Tangerang remained and made Serdadu Tridatu managed to collect their third victory this season.

This victory makes Bali United temporarily in the first position of Liga 1 2021/2022 by collecting 10 points from four matches. On the other hand, Persita is still in 6th position in the standings with 6 points.

Furthermore, Bali United will face Borneo FC on Tuesday (28/9) at 18:15 WIB while Persita will face Persija Jakarta on the same day at 20:45 WIB.