Thursday, March 14 2024 – 08:00 WIB
Tangerang – Arema FC failed to continue their winning record in the last 5 League 1 matches. Arema FC lost 3-4 to hosts Persita Tangerang.
This week’s 29th match will be held at the Indomilk Arena Stadium, Tangerang on Wednesday, March 13 2024.
Each of the 7 goals in this match were created by Persita, namely Ezequiel Vidal in the 26th minute, Ramiro Fergonzi in the 31st and 58th minutes, then Jack Brown in the 81st minute. Meanwhile, Arema FC’s 3 goals were created by Johan Alfarizi in the 5th minute, Charles Lokolingoy in the 5th minute. 24th minute and Dedik Setiawan in the 57th minute.
Arema FC coach, Widodo Cahyono Putro congratulated Persita for winning this match. He said the players had tried their best to achieve victory. Both teams appeared enthusiastic and traded attacks. As a result, 7 goals were scored in this match.
Persita Tangerang vs Arema FC duel
“Congratulations to Persita for winning tonight’s match. Also thank our players who have worked hard. We came here to win with a score of 4-3, which is proof of an extraordinary match,” said Widodo after the match.
Widodo said that mistakes in crucial matches such as against Persita would change the course of the match. He assessed that Persita was very clever in taking advantage of the carelessness of Arema FC players to score goals.
Arema FC coach, Widodo Cahyono Putro.
On the contrary, he asked his team to remain enthusiastic even though they had to suffer a narrow defeat against the hosts. This defeat will be used as material for his evaluation ahead of the next match.
“There was a small mistake that was taken advantage of by the opponent. So we will continue to evaluate it in the future. Stay enthusiastic because we still have the next match,” said Widodo.
This defeat made Arema FC’s points the same as Persita, namely 31 points. Singo Edan is in 15th place. Meanwhile, Persita is still in 16th place or the relegation zone.
