PSM Makassar wants to give resistance to Persib Bandung, which has been difficult to beat in the last 13 matches. However, PSM has had a good history in the last three meetings, always coming out on top against Persib. Last season PSM won back to back with a score of 5-1 and 2-1 in Liga 1 2022/2023. This season, in the first round, PSM also won 4-2 at BJ Habibie, Parepare, South Sulawesi.
PSM coach Bernardo Tavares is very alert to face Persib’s resistance later at the Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium (GBLA), Monday (4/12/2023) in the 21st match week. Winning in the last three meetings is not a benchmark for PSM to be favored, it is said that the next match will be different.
“Yes, Persib is currently in good form and what happened has passed. PSM did beat Persib three times but that was in the past. What matters is the present and the future. “Tomorrow is a completely different match,” said Bernardo.
He doesn’t want his players to be careless, because Persib has just brought in an expensive new quality foreign player in Stefano Beltrame. Italian midfielder, ex-Juventus, who last played in the highest caste of the Portuguese League. According to him, the PSM and Persib weapons this time have differences.
“We also must not forget that this season Persib brought in very good players, expensive players. I can give an example, currently we are bringing in two players from Portugal’s third caste competition, while Persib is bringing in one player from Portugal’s first caste competition. “So our weapons are different,” he explained.
Even so, the Portuguese coach believes in his players. He is confident that his team can provide resistance to Persib later. PSM must focus throughout the match and forget about the positive trends when facing Persib in their last three meetings.
“But I believe in our players and I hope we can focus from the first minute to the end. We don’t think about what’s past and think about what’s happening now. “What is past is past and we have to build for the future,” he explained.
2023-12-03 13:27:16
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