TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Borneo FC coach, Fakhri Husaini, expressed his disappointment after his team lost 2-1 to Persipura Jayapura in week 28 of BRI Liga 1, Monday, February 28, 2022.
Borneo FC took the lead through Wawan Febrianto’s goal in the 19th minute. However, Fakhri’s team conceded two goals in the final minutes. Brian Fatari’s goals in the 86th minute and Ricky Cawor’s in the 89th minute became the deciding factor for Persipura’s victory.
“I feel by looking at the players’ performances, their determination is weak, then, too many free balls are given to the opponent. For us, it was not appropriate to win this match,” said Fakhri Husaini in a virtual press conference after the match.
“I also don’t understand why players lose the ball easily, even though we can coordinate well in defense. Of course this result is very disappointing with our poor result.”
Fakhri personally apologized to the supporters of Borneo FC for his team’s poor performance. He asserted, responsible for the results achieved by his squad.
After this match, the coach of Borneo FC will conduct an evaluation to improve the shortcomings in his team.
Borneo FC winger, Muhammad Fajar Faturrahman, also admitted that he was disappointed with the defeat against Persipura. He regretted the occurrence of two goals in the final four minutes of the game.
“I am personally disappointed with the results we got. We have started the game well by scoring goals,” he said when accompanying Fakhri in the press conference after the match.
“But this is football. The game is over in 90 minutes and we were good at defending compactly, but we were negligent in the final four minutes.”
Fajar is also determined to try to perform better in the remaining matches of the BRI Liga 1 season 2021-2022. “With the remaining matches, we hope to be even better,” he said.
With this result, Borneo FC again failed to win in the last four matches and could only get two points with two draws. Fakhri Husaini’s team is now in sixth place with 39 points from 28 matches.
Borneo FC’s last five matches at BRI Liga 1 2021-2022
5 March 2022, 20.00 WIB: Borneo FC vs. Persela Lamongan
10 March 2022, 20.30 WIB: Persija Jakarta vs Borneo FC
15 March 2022, 15.15 WIB: Borneo FC vs Persiraja Banda Aceh
20 March 2022, 20.45 WIB: Arema FC vs Borneo FC
25 March 2022, 18.15 WIB: Borneo FC vs Madura United
Also Read: BRI League 1 Week 28 standings: Persipura Jayapura vs Borneo FC 2-1