The Maluku Utara United Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Alan
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Muhammad Ridwan hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Maluku Utara United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Igor Inocêncio signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Igor Inocêncio and Maluku Utara United agree another 3 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
Maluku Utara United come up short against Persija
Persija left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Maluku Utara United and Lucas Cardoso
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Maluku Utara United, another week without a signature from Lucas Cardoso.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Maluku Utara United
Ciro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Dimas Maulana faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Dimas Maulana after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Maluku Utara United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yacob Sayuri was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Tri Setiawan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Maluku Utara United has picked up the phone to Taufik Rustam
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Rizky Pellu
- Player ratings Manahati Lestusen spends the afternoon fouling