Coach Disappointed After Players Underestimate Call of Indonesian National Team

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Indonesia will play a friendly match against Burundi on Tuesday 28 March 2022. Indonesia itself will host the match which will be held at the Patriot Chandrabaga Stadium, Bekasi. The names of the players have also been called up for this match by the head coach of the Indonesian National Team, Shin tae-yong. Big names such as Marck Klok, Jordi Amat, Pratama Arhan, even descendant players were present to play this friendly match. However, there was one player who disappointed Shin Tae-yong because he was absent from the national team because of injury reason, he was Egy Maulana Vikri.

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The player who is currently defending Dewa United is actually rumored to need recovery due to the injury he got, but in Dewa United's match against Persib Bandung, Egy was substituted for Theo Numberi in the 70th minute. Even though he absent from the national team call because he was recovering from an injury. Because of this, Egy received criticism and comments from coach Shin Tae-yong.

"It means you have to know, you have to be aware. What does the Garuda symbol really mean, that's what I hope. He (Egy) has not been called, he has left the list," Shin Tae-yong told reporters.

With the publication of these comments, the coach from Korea has closed the way for Egy to defend the national team in this friendly match. Shin Tae-yong has found his replacement, Stefano Lilipaly, who is currently in top form with Borneo FC. Egy himself has communicated with the national team staff and made it clear that he wants to make a step by step recovery and wishes the Indonesian national team success for tomorrow's matches.

Controversy Inside The U20 World Cup Participants

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Indonesia, for the first time in the nation's history, will hold the U20 World Cup which will be held on May 20, 2023. This world cup was held in several cities in Indonesia, including Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Palembang, Surakarta and Gianyar. The Indonesian National Team itself also has the status of one and only representative from ASEAN because it acts as the host for this event every 2 years. However, there is some controversy regarding the participants in the world cup which was held this year by Indonesian football observers and lovers.

This year's World Cup was attended by 24 participants, where each continent's football head sent its best representatives. Some of the leading countries that are predicted to become champions such as Brazil, England, Italy, and France have a big chance to win this tournament. However, in the 24 participants, there was 1 country name which became a controversy in Indonesian society, that country is Israel. 

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A number of community groups rejected Israel's participation as a participant in the u20 world cup due to human rights and Israel's conflict with Palestine. Indonesia also does not recognize Israeli sovereignty and does not establish bilateral relations with Israel. However, the participation of a country in the FIFA event is entirely the authority of FIFA as the parent of world football. Indonesia and the Ministry of Sports only provide venues and supporting facilities as hosts. Raden Isnanta, Deputy of the Ministry of Sports said 

"Sport has nothing to do with politics, sport is sport" 

Regarding this, Israel's participation in the U20 World Cup can be ensured that it will continue to participate and be involved in this tournament regardless of public controversy and criticism.

PSS Sleman Players Were Stripped By Their Own Supporters

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A loyal PSS Sleman supporter, Brigata Curva Sud or who is usually called BCS, took off the jersey worn by the players after the match between Pss Sleman and Persita Tangerang in Week 28 which was held last Thursday, March 2. Persita Tangerang as the host managed to bend PSS Sleman after conceding 2 goals in the first half. PSS try to catch up after being awarded a penalty which was executed by a player from Ukraine, Yevhen Bokhasvili but PSS was unable to find another goal which led to a 2-1 win for the hosts at the Indomilk Arena Stadium, Tangerang.

This defeat itself is not the first for Sleman because PSS has lost 5 times in a row where out of 5 matches, they did not get any points which made the defeat more than the defeat suffered by Rans FC which is now at the bottom of the BRI Liga 1 standings. After the defeat For the fifth time, thousands of PSS Sleman or Brigata Curva Sud supporters who went to Tangerang shouted at the players and coaching staff due to the team's poor performance. Supporters also refused to sing the PSS Sleman anthem and asked the players to take off their jerseys because they considered it "not deserve" to wear the pride of the Sleman.

After this match, PSS will evaluate the players and coaches to improve team performance. PSS coach, Seto Nurdianto, who brought PSS to glory in 2017 by bringing it up to league 1, is likely to be kicked out if there is no change in the team's performance. After this, PSS will have a tough match against Bhayangkara FC where Bhayangkara has won 4 times in a row.

Riot Outside the Stadium in the Central Java Derby

Riots outside the stadium spice up the Central Java Derby match between PSIS Semarang against Persis Solo at the Jatidiri Stadium in Semarang. The match which was held on Friday 17 August ended in a 1-1 draw for both teams. The two teams exchanged attacks that threatened the goalkeeper's goal but it was PSIS who scored the goal in the 80th minute through Septian David Maulana's kick from the penalty spot after PSIS player was fouled by an opposing player. PSIS' victory had to be dispersed because at the end of the match, Persis solo in the 90th minute scored a goal by Irfan Jauhari through his thunder kick against PSIS' goalkeeper where after that, he had to get a red card due to a celebration of undressing.

But the match between these two historic teams had to be tarnished in the 70th minute. The match was stopped in the 70th minute due to a protest that was submitted by the captain of Persis Solo due to a gunshot outside the stadium.

The banging heard by the players was the result of tear gas fired by the police as a result of clashes with supporters who forced their way into the stadium to support their  team. Whereas the day before the match, organizers announced that this hot prestige match was being held without the presence of both home and guest supporters due to security issues.

The reason the supporters wanted to break in was that the organizing committee had already sold match tickets 2 days before this high-stakes match, while the police's permit had only been issued 1 day before the match. In addition, this high-risk match has a large number of supporters' interest from both teams due to rivalry and a long history of who is the strongest team in Central Java. However, with this chaos happening, will the police still give permission for the next high-risk match to be played in Semarang? Let's wait for the upcoming match between PSIS vs Persebaya.