Yesterday was a big day for us. we had a big football match celebrated all over Indonesia. Indonesia Super League was coming in to the final match, Persib versus Persipura. after having a lot of matches, the teams got in to final. The match was held in Palembang. there was a lot of critics about the venue because most citizen taught that a biggest national match should be held in our capital city, where is the most neutral places for each supporters. yet, the official insist to held it there and the match was really tense.
At first, the match was so-so, even though the supporters were really enthusiast. after halftime, the match were getting competitive. a lot of cards had been gave to each players. at the end of the first round, the Persipura defender get a red card and had to leave the match. in result, the competition were tighten.
afterwards additional round needed because the score was tied, 1-1. The players were getting emotional while they wanted to win the match but it was quiet hard for them to make a goal. once the goal made, the opposing team made another goal. The score was 2-2 until the time end. In the end, penalty match would be the determinant of the winner. the more goals they made, the bigger challenge for them to won the match. however, they were full spirited to get the trophy.
In penalty match, the team needs 2 different goals to won the match. every players will face the goal keeper of the opposing team and do the penalty kick. on tonight match, there were 5 players set to do the first kicks. konathe, ferdinand, toni, supardi, and jufriyanto as the kickers and I Made Wiryawan as the goal keeper from Persib, and in the opponent side there were boaz, robertino, pahabol, and alom, while dede sulaiman as the goal keeper. Unfortunately, alom didn't make it because the shoot was blocked, so that, Persib won the match with score 5-3 on penalty match. that was really tensing. everyone were posting on social media when there was a goal and made a comment of how anxious they were. some said they couldn't even breath. haha
This was celebrated by all the supporters, called bobotoh. they were promising a lot of things if Persib won in this season. Bandung's mayor made a promise to cut his hair into bald, because it's been more than 19 years since the last winning of Persib. furthermore, they made hash tags in most of social media called "kami rindu juara" and "persib juara". they also celebrated it by parade around bandung. some people even stopped their trip at some kiosk only to watch the match, watch them by live streaming, and some of them continue their trip while their friend gave them live reports.
The celebration was really emotionally touched since they missed the champion, they love the team, and they love the city. moreover after the new mayor, mr. Ridwan Kamil, civilize back the nationality, people showed their love to this homeland back and love him as well. people started the match by praying together, and mr. mayor asked the citizen to watch the match together in every neighborhood in bandung. they supported the team by heart. some people cried watching the winning moment, lots of echoes sounded in every corner of the city, shouts, happiness, and may be there were also some sadness from the opposing team supporters. that's why, the celebration was really thrilling. the citizen, and bobotoh off course, feels that Bandung is not only a place, but feelings.
ah, i miss my Bandung.
Thank you mr. mayor, thank you persib, for gave us back our love, our sense, our pride, and our togetherness. #nuhunkangemil #persibjuara #bandungjuara #lagisokinggrisceritanya
