The Persija Herald
Match27 Mar 2027
Still nobody has beaten Persija
The unbeaten run reaches 21. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The knee: Bruno Tubarão out for 45 days
45 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Persija lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
A brace, and Alexander Jeremejeff takes the afternoon — 9.49
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alexander Jeremejeff provided it, and the 9.49 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market29 Mar 2027
Gustavo Almeida 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 Persija can pretend not to have heard.
Market29 Mar 2027
Only the photograph left for Eksel Runtukahu
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Eksel Runtukahu will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Persija the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match27 Mar 2027
Persija get the job done against Persebaya
A 3‑1 win over Persebaya, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Ninety minutes of Akito Suzuki at his very best
Marked 8.66. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Persija.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Nobody could get near Jean Mota
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Ollie Leeming in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Persija this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- The dugout A satisfied Stefano Pato
- Market Hanif Sjahbandi told to find a new club
- The dugout When it matters, Bruno Tubarão plays