Persib Bandung to Face PSM Makassar without Dedi Kusnandar
12 October 2017 20:44 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Bandung - Persib Bandung midfielder Dedi Kusnandar will not play in an away match against PSM Makassar on Sunday in Liga 1 due to injury.
Persib Bandung’s Dedi Kusnandar suffered a left knee injury after colliding with a Barito Putra player in a match that ended 0-0. “After having a discussion with the coaching team, he is being left out,” team doctor Raffi Ghani said in Bandung today, Oct. 12.
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Kusnandar has regained his fitness and joined training sessions with the rest of the team. However, he is still awkward with the ball.
“It is better to prepare Dado [Kusnandar] for the next game instead of taking him while risking a longer recovery; he only has days to recover,” Raffi said.
Persib Bandung is determined to end a run of five successive draws. They now sit in the 11th place in the table, whereas PSM are in the fourth position.
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