DBasia.news – Persebaya Surabaya had a painful loss. In the debut of the new coach Djadjang Nurdjaman, Persebaya got defeated by the away team, PS TIRA at Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium. They went home empty after the match ended with a 0-2 score for PS TIRA.
In fact, in that match, Bajul Ijo played dominantly. They scored 60 percent of ball possession. Unfortunately, the away team won through Aleksandar Rakic at 48′ and Dzmitry Vasilevich Rekish at 83′.
Not only dominating the match, actually Persebaya also had more opportunities compared to The Young Warriors. Throughout the match, Rendi Irwan Saputra and friends scored 13 chances. But only one of them met the target. Meanwhile, PS TIRA just scored 7 opportunities, two of them converted to goals.
Persebaya vs PS TIRA
For coach Djanur, the ineffective attack was the trigger of the defeat. Hence, he considered Persebaya didn’t give the through pass because the two wingers, Osvaldo Ardiles Haay and Yohannes Ferinando Pahabol couldn’t play as expected.
“We had the ball possession but lack of determination. We seldom gave the through pass. It seemed like we dominate the match, but just from the center to the back. Both of our wingers couldn’t perform as expected,” the former Persib Bandung coach explained.
Actually, Persebaya tried to maximize the left winger by withdrawing Pahabol and replaced it with Oktafianus Fernando. Moreover, Osvaldo in the right wing was also replaced by Rishadi Fauzi. However, those two didn’t give any significant impact.
Despite the ineffective wing of Persebaya, PS TIRA also performed amazingly. Not only countering the attack from Persebaya, Abu Bakar Radanfah and friends could make the counter-attack for Persebaya. The result was great, two goals for PS TIRA.
“We try to play offensive but in fact, PS TIRA had a great defense and counterattack,” Djanur added.