The Persik Sentinel
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A brace, and Sergio Castel takes the afternoon — 9.36
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Sergio Castel provided it, and the 9.36 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Leo keeps Persik in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Vintage Adrián Luna — 7.92
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.92, and nobody on the pitch better.
Match19 Sep 2026
Still nobody has beaten Persik
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Sergio Castel is carrying Persik
13 goals and a season average of 7.48. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Persik
Jon Toral was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
Sergio Castel the difference as Persik beat Bali United
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Sergio Castel. 2‑1 against Bali United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Ezra Walian beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Persik are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- The dugout Egy Hardiyanto: “That is the standard”
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Syahrian Abimanyu
- Market Daffa Salman is free to find somewhere else