The Borneo Post
Player ratings24 May 2027
Nobody could get near Kaio Nunes
Successful dribbles: 39. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad24 May 2027
Diego Michiels damages knee ligaments — 89 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 89 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad24 May 2027
Kei Hirose breaks a bone — 82 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 82 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad24 May 2027
Marcos Astina is carrying Borneo
15 goals and a season average of 7.33. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad24 May 2027
A falling-out at Borneo
Marcos Astina and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Cleylton
“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.
Match22 May 2027
Marcos Astina sends Borneo past Persita
It finished 1‑0, and it was Marcos Astina’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Borneo.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Marcos Astina was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.31. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The dugout24 May 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Stefano Arhan kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
In brief
- The dugout Mohammad Al-Husseini gets picked when it counts
- Market Dwiky Hardiansyah is free to find somewhere else
- Looking ahead Rifad Marasabessy faces his old club