Sunday, August 23, 2020
Champion Kas Drops To Liga 3
Interesting to see two experienced coaches taking the reigns of a lowly Liga 3 side
Kas Hartadi is the new coach of Persipat with Ibnu Grahan coming in as Technical Director.
Kas led Sriwijaya to the ISL back in 2011/12 but if you think that piece of bling on his resume was enough for him to walk into top jobs then Indonesian football doesn't work that way.
Pati in Central Java is also home to Rudy Eka Priyambada's academy where the two coaches had been most recently working.
Escaping Liga 3 is no easy feat. In fact trying to follow it isn't easy either.
Persijap won the title last season but only after a long, tortuous season that saw them play in a regional league then go into some play offs before a national round that eventually led to semi finals and finals.
While some accounts do their best to keep up with Liga 3, the different regions operate at their own slow pace and not all are, shall we say, media savvy.
As for 2020, there have been suggestions Liga 3 won't even happen this season Personally I hope it does. I may not get to see many games but it doesn't half improve my geography!
Pictured below are PSKC fans at their Liga 3 2019 semi final against Persekat at Siliwangi Stadium. That was a story and a half! The game was initially slated for Si Jalak Harupat so off we set to Soreang only to find no-one seemed to have a scooby. With kick off time rapidly approaching we took a gamble and made for Siliwangi Stadium in Bandung. There was no communication from clubs or liga through social media but given the large number of Perssekat fans at Siliwangi, someone somehow must have known where the game was to be played...just not the general public!
In 2018 there were 28 teams in Liga 3 Central Java...who knows how many there will be in 2020. It's gonna be interesting to see how the experienced Kas does at this level.
# posted by Me @ 2:34 PM 
