The Persik Sentinel
Squad19 Oct 2026
Krisna Bayu Otto breaks a bone — 104 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 104 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match17 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Persik's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Persik has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted Persik
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Persik can tell you which week it ends in.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Chechu
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Chechu, and the manager let it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Wahyu Septian: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Match17 Oct 2026
No goals between Persik and Persis
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Persis will be the happier side with the point.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Jon Toral leaves them behind him
Shots: 5. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Market19 Oct 2026
The Imanol García question follows Persik around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Imanol García’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Ezra Walian was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 11. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- The dugout Rodrigo left out for tactical reasons at Persik
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Reno Piscopo
- Squad Adrián Luna speaks, and the room listens