JAKARTA - Persija Jakarta closed their work in the 2022 Presidential Cup with a defeat. Meeting Madura United in the last match of Group B, Tuesday, June 28, the Kemayoran Tigers gave up 1-2.
Persija Jakarta coach, Thomas Doll is clearly disappointed with this result. However, he was grateful that his team could score one goal in the match.
According to him, there have been efforts and hard work from Persija Jakarta players in the match against Madura United. He also said that his team's weakness was in the final execution.
"In every game, we see the flow of the ball has gone from foot to foot well, as well as in the defense sector is also quite neat. But for the front line, there are many opportunities but unfortunately small to be able to produce goals," said Thomas Doll, as reported by Antara. .
He then said that the combination of junior and senior players at Persija Jakarta had not shown good cooperation. The former Borussia Dortmund coach admitted that he now has an idea of how to navigate the real competition, the 2022/2023 Indonesian Liga 1.
"From this pre-competition match, I already have an idea regarding the players who are ready to enter the League 1 competition, and which players are not ready. Of course this is a positive thing for us to prepare for the competition," he said.
Meanwhile, Persija player Frengky Deaner Missa said the 2022 Presidential Cup was not the end for his team. He said, there is still a real competition, namely Liga 1.
"There are still many other matches that we will play, such as the League 1 competition, and of course we will do our best in those matches," said the Persija Jakarta player.
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