The Arema Sentinel
Market28 Sep 2026
Arema may not be able to give Dalberto what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Dalberto wants continental football; whether Arema can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Betinho out for 43 days
The medical room confirms 43 days on the sidelines for Betinho, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Arema
Walisson Maia was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
3 matches without a goal for Arema
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Match26 Sep 2026
Arema come up short against Borneo
Borneo left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Hansamu Yama 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Dendi Santoso
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dendi Santoso, and the manager let it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Valdeci runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Joel never got going
5.73 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
In brief
- Player ratings An afternoon Dendi Santoso will want back
- Player ratings Off the pace: Jayus Hariyono