JAKARTA - Bali United coach, Stefano Cugurra or who is familiarly called Teco commented on the match against PSM Makassar. He admitted that the result of the meeting did not have a good impact on his team.
"The result was not good for us, because we won before they could score in the last minute and of course it was not a good result for us," Teco regretted in his post-match press conference.
Teco expressed his regret because in the match which was held at I Ngurah Rai Stadium, Denpasar on Monday, February 7, Serdadu Tridatu was very close to winning. Until the 90th minute Bali United was still winning 2-1.
However, the euphoria of Bali United, which almost won, ran aground in the 91st minute. The reason is, Yakob Sayuri actually brought PSM Makassar to equalize to 2-2 after his execution failed to be held by the goalkeeper, Wawan Hendrawan.
In the remaining time, Bali United failed to score an additional goal so that when the referee blew the long whistle, they had to be willing to share points with their opponents.
Despite regretting this draw, Teco still showed his sportsmanship. The former Persija Jakarta coach praised the fighting power of the PSM players.
According to him, the Juku Eja troops appeared tireless in their hunt for an equalizing goal. Teco praised his opponent's unwavering attitude throughout the match.
"PSM is a good team and has a fighting spirit, there are many good players and we respect them, they are also fighting hard to equalize," said Teco.
A draw in the 23rd week of Liga 1 2021/2022 made Bali United stuck in third place in the standings with a total of 45 points. As for PSM Makassar, this result made them move up one rank to position 10 with a score of 28 points.
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