The Semen Padang Herald
Market7 Sep 2026
Zidane Afandi 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 Semen Padang can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Semen Padang close the window on a squad of their own making
13 in and 5 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market7 Sep 2026
Eyes on Arthur Augusto again
The phone has started ringing about Arthur Augusto again, and this time the name on the line is Wellington Phoenix. Semen Padang are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Semen Padang training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ângelo Meneses is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Jaime Giraldo is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Jaime Giraldo has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Semen Padang
Andi Saddil 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 dugout7 Sep 2026
Ricki Ariansyah gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A promotion for Ângelo Meneses
Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. Ângelo Meneses has moved up it.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
When it matters, Wahyu Agong plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Looking ahead Ferdiansyah Surya faces his old club
- The dugout Rosyad Setiawan has been promised minutes
- Market The shop window has Ade Kristiano in it