Persisam Putra Samarinda failed to bring home any point from Pertamina Stadium Balikpapan. Persiba Balikpapan defeated Persisam 3-2 on 21 January 2012.

Matsunaga Shohei scored a controversial goal for Persiba (1/21) in ISL 2011/2012 Derby Borneo

In the first half of the match, Persiba lead the game 2-0 through goals from Aldo Barreto and Kenji Adachihara. But on minute 39′ and 41′. Persisam’s new striker Jerry Boima Karpeh proved himself through his two goals that made the score draw until the end of the first half.

Persisam tried to make the score lasted until the end of the match and they even tried to score more goals. Unfortunately, on minutes 86′ bad luck for Persisam because Matsunaga Shohei scored the third goals for Persiba. But this goal was controversial where Matsunaga had already in an off side position when he shot the ball.

The position turned to 3-2 for Persiba. The match referee, Setiono counted the goal on side and didn’t change his decision. The score remained 3-2 until the end of the match.

Meanwhile, the management of Persisam Putra Samarinda represented by the team manager, Agus Coeng Setiawan admitted that he was deeply dissappointed with the referee of this match. He thought that the referee was unfair and had taken some controversial decisions.

After this match, Persisam will go to Gresik to challenge Persegres. In this away day, the team promised to bring home away points to Samarinda.