The Semen Padang Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
Wakaso breaks a bone — 40 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Semen Padang
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Rui Rampa wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Semen Padang know it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Semen Padang training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ravy Tsouka 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Dimas Putra joins the Semen Padang first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dimas Putra is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Egy Riyadi joins the Semen Padang first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Egy Riyadi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Andi Arhan steps up from the Semen Padang academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andi Arhan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Adi Satryo 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 Semen Padang this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
A defender's afternoon for Ângelo Meneses
Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- Player ratings Stefano Lilipaly beats them one at a time
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Boardroom Semen Padang say no to the training-ground money