Friday, December 18, 2009
Persikota v Persiba Bantul 2-1
Well this was a turnip in the old vegetable patch.
Before kick off Persiba were sitting 3rd in the Indonesia Premier League Group 2 and victory today would have seen them leap frog Deltras and PPSM into top spot. Persikota however were 2nd bottom.
After three minutes it could have been 2-0 to the visitors as the home side's defence and goalkeeper decided they didin't really want to talk to each other.
Persikota, for their part, went with just one striker and obviously it worked. But it's easy to get bogged down by formations, it's the players that count. In the last game I went to both Persitara and Persisam had two up top but no supply or support from the midfield. Persikota's number 22 was ably backed by two or three midfielders who rushed to support him.
Roared on by a small but passionate band of supporters who had left Bantul 24 hours earlier to make the road trip west, Persiba had the possession but were unable to get that first goal.
Ezequial Gonzales finally gave the visitors the lead at the start of the second half when he was given way too much time. He had gone close on a few occassions earlier so it was no surprise the striker did finally hit his 6th goal of the season.
I think he's Argentinian. He was with Persiba last season as well I believe when he also managed to net a few goals and I was intrigued as to why no ISL clubs had come in for him. Think I can now guess why.
He's an old school centre forward. Big and strong but as well as sounding like an Old Testament prophet he also has the pace of some biblical sage.
Persikota equalised and then made it 2-1 with a header from a free kick. They even had the ball in the net a third time but that was wiped out by the ref who felt sorry for the visitors. The same ref also sent off a Persikota defender in injury time.
With an away support there was the possibility of some naughties on the terraces but such is the lay out of Benteng Stadium there is little likleyhood of anything kicking off with such a small crowd. In the first half a dozen Persikota lads did get within yelling distance of the away fans but were chased off by a policeman eating an ice cream.
Before kick off Persiba were sitting 3rd in the Indonesia Premier League Group 2 and victory today would have seen them leap frog Deltras and PPSM into top spot. Persikota however were 2nd bottom.
After three minutes it could have been 2-0 to the visitors as the home side's defence and goalkeeper decided they didin't really want to talk to each other.
Persikota, for their part, went with just one striker and obviously it worked. But it's easy to get bogged down by formations, it's the players that count. In the last game I went to both Persitara and Persisam had two up top but no supply or support from the midfield. Persikota's number 22 was ably backed by two or three midfielders who rushed to support him.
Roared on by a small but passionate band of supporters who had left Bantul 24 hours earlier to make the road trip west, Persiba had the possession but were unable to get that first goal.
Ezequial Gonzales finally gave the visitors the lead at the start of the second half when he was given way too much time. He had gone close on a few occassions earlier so it was no surprise the striker did finally hit his 6th goal of the season.
I think he's Argentinian. He was with Persiba last season as well I believe when he also managed to net a few goals and I was intrigued as to why no ISL clubs had come in for him. Think I can now guess why.
He's an old school centre forward. Big and strong but as well as sounding like an Old Testament prophet he also has the pace of some biblical sage.
Persikota equalised and then made it 2-1 with a header from a free kick. They even had the ball in the net a third time but that was wiped out by the ref who felt sorry for the visitors. The same ref also sent off a Persikota defender in injury time.
With an away support there was the possibility of some naughties on the terraces but such is the lay out of Benteng Stadium there is little likleyhood of anything kicking off with such a small crowd. In the first half a dozen Persikota lads did get within yelling distance of the away fans but were chased off by a policeman eating an ice cream.
# posted by Me @ 6:30 PM 
