The PSIM Sentinel
Match23 Sep 2034
Cruel end for Bhayangkara Presisi as PSIM pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. PSIM scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Market25 Sep 2034
Bobur Nematov 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 PSIM can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings25 Sep 2034
Dimas Wicaksono has a hand in both — 7.78
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.78, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Squad25 Sep 2034
Words at PSIM training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nermin Haljeta 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.
Match23 Sep 2034
PSIM get the job done against Bhayangkara Presisi
A 2‑1 win over Bhayangkara Presisi, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces25 Sep 2034
The crowd has taken to Hamdan Obaid
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings25 Sep 2034
One of those days for Hamdan Obaid
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.54, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom25 Sep 2034
The PSIM debt reaches $25.3M
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
Squad25 Sep 2034
The manager makes an example of Andy Setyo
“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.
In brief
- Squad Nir Levy in a row with a teammate
- Squad Cleo Ssetuba dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Nasser Al-Hassan