Jakarta, IDN Times – Persib continues to compete fiercely with Bali United for the 2021/22 Liga 1 title. This happened after Maung Bandung managed to win narrowly from Madura United 3-2 in the 31st week match at Ngurah Rai Stadium, Bali, Sunday (13/3/2022).
Appearing without some of its flagship players, Persib still appear attacking. They didn’t seem to have any problems even though David da Silva and Marc Klok had to be absent. Substitutes such as Bruno Cantanhede to Abdul Aziz managed to fill the void on the field well.
Persib immediately took a quick lead in the 15th minute. Bruno was able to break into the Madura United goal, which was escorted by Hong Jeong-nam with a header, utilizing Ezra Walian’s mature pass on the right side of the opponent’s defense. The score also changed for Persib 1-0 advantage.
Persib increasingly confident after winning one goal. Evidently they scored again when the game was running 29 minutes. Bruno was again a nightmare for the opponent by scoring his second goal in this match. Bracesit was printed using Ezra’s true pass.
After that, Persib created several dangerous opportunities. On the other hand, Madura United could not do much. Luckily there were no additional goals in this match so Persib closed the first half with a 2-0 advantage.
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Entering the second half, Persib continued to press Madura United. They continued to make Madura United unable to develop the match after halftime. This makes the defenders do not work hard in this duel.
Persib also managed to widen the advantage over Madura United. This time, it was Zalnado who managed to record his name on the scoreboard. Utilizing a mature pass by Frets Butuan, the player from Cimahi was able to break into Jeon-nam’s goal with a hard kick.
Madura United were able to reduce the position to 3-1 in the 85th minute through Greg Nwokolo. Not long ago they were even able to score their second goal through Alberto “Beto” Goncalves’ penalty kick, three minutes before the game ended.
Persib continued to dominate the game until the end of the match. Meanwhile, Madura United only occasionally pose a threat. However, no additional goals were successfully created until the game was over. Persib won this duel with a score of 3-2.
This result makes Persib now equal to Bali United’s score, which is 66 points, which is still firmly at the top of the League 1. 14/3/2022).