Persija Bears Defeat in the Trial Match Against Sabah FC, Here's the Response of Fans and Coaches!

The trial match which was held on Sunday (06/05/2022) afternoon, Persija Jakarta had to go home with a final score of 1-2 which was won by Sabah FC. The trial match was held at the Patriot Stadium, Candrabaga, Bekasi, West Java.

When the match was only entering the third minute, Hansamu Yama, who was trying to secure the ball, actually had a blunder with Rangga Widiansyah.

From the right side of the field, it can be seen that Risky Sudirman failed to anticipate a pass from Tommy Mawat and the goal was created from the sweet touch of Altenir Cordeiro Pessoa Neto which made Sabah FC 1-0 ahead of Persija Jakarta.

Until the referee blew the second whistle, Sabah FC won with a score of 0-1 over Persija Jakarta.

Entering the 59th minute Persija Jakarta was able to equalize the position to 1-1.

With the ingenuity of Taufik Hidayat's brain, he was able to snatch the ball from the Sabah FC goalkeeper and ended with a flick into the 33-year-old goalkeeper's goal.

In the 63rd minute, Park Tae-su's header that went into the corner of the goal could not be blocked by Andre Adrido who then the score became 1 -- 2 over Sabah FC.

Responding to this match, the coach admitted that he appreciated the performance of the players during the trial against Sabah FC. Thomas Doll seemed satisfied with the hard work of the Persija Jakarta players. According to him, all Persija players have shown their best performances in the test match and this trial can be used as an evaluation material for Persija Jakarta in looking at Liga 1.

Meanwhile, Putra Pratama (20) as a fan from Persija Jakarta said he was satisfied with the appearance of the players. According to him, with the results of the trial match, he is optimistic about the significant impact on Persija players for Liga 1 which will be held in July.