The Persib Chronicle
Match6 Feb 2027
Persib leave it late against Maluku Utara United
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 88th, and Maluku Utara United spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Eliano Reijnders runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match6 Feb 2027
Whatever happens, Persib do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Irfan Santoso signs on for the long haul
Persib moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Irfan Santoso, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Patricio Matricardi out for 28 days
The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Patricio Matricardi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Persib
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Home is on Danijel Lončar's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Persib are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Persib rebuffed over Alexander Jeremejeff
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Persija have kept their man, and Persib go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match6 Feb 2027
Persib get the job done against Maluku Utara United
A 2‑1 win over Maluku Utara United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Persib
- Market One of our own: Firman Beckham joins the Persib first team
- Market Evan Wibowo steps up from the Persib academy