JAKARTA - Persib Bandung coach Luis Millaingin won over Persebaya Surabaya at the Gelora Joko Samudro Gresik Stadium, Monday (13/3), as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the Blue Prince.
"Persib will have a birthday, we are trying to give the best prize and that is our motivation," he said at an online press conference on Sunday.
Milla admitted that his players were shrouded in high optimism, because the victory gift was also intended for Persib Bandung supporters.
"Of course (the anniversary of Persib) is a motivation for the team, (the proposal) to supporters, Bobotoh," he said as quoted by Antara.
The Spaniard denied that his team was eyeing a victory against Persebaya to break the negative trend in the previous two matches which ended in defeat.
Persib had to bite his finger twice, because it was defeated by a team of residents of the Barito Putera relegation zone with a score of 2-1. Then, Persib had to be willing to bow down sluggishly after being silenced 0-2 by Persik Kediri.
He ensured that he would prepare the best possible composition of players to bring home three additional points to Bandung, especially since Persib had a longer preparation period a day than Persebaya.
The advantage side of Persebaya, which relies on game organizations in midfield, has been pocketed as a whole by Luis Milla.
"We have to return to being a team like before, a compact team, playing as a team, returning to winning ways," said the coach who had handled the Indonesian national team at the 2018 Asian Games.
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