The Bali United Post
Match8 Apr 2028
Jort van der Sande leads the rout of Persijap
3‑0, and Jort van der Sande took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Bali United tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad10 Apr 2028
A fracture rules Komang Dedi out for 106 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bali United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Thomas Lam, 34, rolls back the years — 7.82
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.82 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Bali United
Jort van der Sande and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Nobody could get near Thijmen Goppel
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Ninety minutes of Jort van der Sande at his very best
Marked 8.58. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Bali United.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Appearance number 200 for Manahati Lestusen
200 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Bimo Beckham out for 17 days
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Bimo Beckham, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
A masterclass from Mirza Mustafić
Marked 8.09 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- The dugout Ramiro Gatica gets it from the manager
- The dugout Hendro Sulaeman has his say
- The dugout When it matters, Tim Receveur plays