The Persib Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Beckham Putra
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Beckham Putra 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 Persib this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Persib training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saddil Ramdani 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Federico Barba
7.19, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Persib had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Adam Przybek gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match15 Aug 2026
Persib draw a blank against Persijap
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Persijap defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
In brief
- Squad Frans Putros left out for tactical reasons at Persib
- Market The shop window has Dion Markx in it
- Player ratings Thom Haye spends the afternoon fouling