The Arema Sentinel
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Juan Álvarez
Successful dribbles: 49. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market12 Apr 2027
Dalberto 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 Arema can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Luiz Gustavo 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 Arema this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Juan Álvarez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market12 Apr 2027
Egy Darmawan steps up from the Arema academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Egy Darmawan 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Bagas Lilipaly joins the Arema first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bagas Lilipaly is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market No place for Pablo Oliveira in the plan
- Squad The manager makes an example of Denwin Farmer
- Squad Arema keep their word to Juan Álvarez
- Match Point won or two lost for Arema?