The Borneo Post
Player ratings31 May 2027
Both of them Koldo Obieta's — 8.98
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.98, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
The dugout31 May 2027
Aditya Warman keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Borneo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad31 May 2027
Words exchanged at Borneo
Marcos Astina 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.
Match29 May 2027
Borneo see off Arema
Three points for Borneo, 2‑0 the final word against Arema in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Match31 May 2027
Borneo at the halfway mark
Half the programme played, position 6, 31 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.
Boardroom31 May 2027
Wages swallow 106% of the Borneo income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
Squad31 May 2027
Borneo lose Rizky Kurniawan
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout31 May 2027
Egy Pratama has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Egy Pratama on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Player ratings31 May 2027
Marcos Astina leaves them behind him
Shots: 18. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
In brief
- The dugout Marcos Astina has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Reva Adi Utama
- Looking ahead Reva Adi Utama faces his old club