YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Arema FC’s 2-1 victory over Barito Putera, Tuesday (23/11/2021) had to be paid dearly. The intense tension of the match made Arema FC hit by a storm of injuries and cards.
As a result, Singo Edan has the potential to limp against Persib Bandung in the 14th week of the match.
In the match at the Sultan Agung Bantul Stadium, Arema FC made two substitutions due to injury: Feby Eka Putra (38′) and the player who replaced him, Hamzah Titofani (58′).
Both have only three days to recover before the match against Persib Bandung.
In addition to personnel absent due to injury, Arema FC will certainly not be strengthened by two core players, Hanif Sjahbandi and Diego Michiels.
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Both must be absent due to card accumulation.
Fortunately for Arema FC, Carlos Fortes, Renshi Yamaguchi, and M Rafli can refrain from making unnecessary fouls because all three have also collected two yellow cards so far.
The number of absent players does not include the two strikers, Dedik Setiawan and Kushedya Hari Yudo, who are still permitted to undergo training camps with the Indonesian national team.
This risk has also been warned, supporters have even advised Eduardo Almeida to save strength before facing Persib Bandung.
However, he was reluctant to risk the opportunity to get full points and still fielded his best players against Laskar Antasari.
Almeida didn’t care because everything had been calculated before the match against Barito Putera started.
“Yes, there are some of our players injured of course we have to prepare for all the scenarios. Talking about the game we are not only preparing one team but also all the scenarios that will occur in it,” said the 43-year-old coach.
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“What happened on the pitch was no coincidence but we decided before the game started because we planned it.”
“The referee has given the yellow card and we can’t change it, there’s no need to talk about it anymore. We will prepare for the match without Hanif,” he added.
Eduardo Almeida explained that he would leave players who were absent due to yellow card accumulation.
Focus on observing injured players and increasing their chances of playing against Persib Bandung along with other players.
“We will see how to prepare for the match later,” he concluded.
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