JAKARTA - Persija Jakarta underwent the inaugural match of Liga 1 2022/2023 with unsatisfactory results because they lost 0-1 to Bali United. After the match, Thomas Doll, satirized the performance of the referee who was on duty at that time.
On the result of the match at the I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar on Saturday, July 23 evening WIB, Thomas Doll admitted that Bali United as the host had the right to excel. Because according to Doll, in the second round the game was not optimal.
"Congratulations to Bali United for winning the match. We played well in the first half. But it wasn't good that we needed finishing. The second half wasn't good, we only managed to make one shot," said Thomas Doll after the match.
In addition to praising and congratulating the hosts for the victory in this inaugural match. The German tactician satirized the leadership of the referee Fariq Hitaba. According to him, there were several controversial decisions that harmed the Kemayoran Tigers.
Where in the first half, the referee did not award a penalty to the Kemayoran Tigers. Whereas when Bali United players do handball in the forbidden box area.
"The referee did a lot of harm to us. There should have been a penalty, unfortunately there is no VAR here. It cost us a lot," said Thomas Doll.
"This includes the addition of the first half. Then, there was an incident of 12 players in the first half and there should have been 7 minutes of additional players. Because there was an incident," he added.
Thomas Doll further said that this defeat should not have happened for the inaugural match of the Kemayoran Tigers. However, the former Borussia Dortmund coach admitted that the situation at the beginning was not good.
"This defeat shouldn't have happened. We also have to play Chonburi at JIS (Jakarta International Stadium) tomorrow so the situation is not good either," he concluded.
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