TIMNAS Indonesia In this case PSSI is demanded by football lovers in the country to leave the Southeast Asian Football Federation (Football Federation of Southeast Asia).AFF). The reason is because the federation is considered no longer healthy.
First, PSSI’s protest to AFF regarding the alleged practice of elephant football in the Vietnam U-19 vs Thailand U-19 National Team has not received a response. In fact, PSSI has filed a protest since Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
(The Indonesian U-19 National Team became a victim of the alleged practice of elephant football in the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup)
In addition to the alleged practice of elephant football, there is also news of age falsification in the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup tournament. The captain of the U-19 Malaysia national team, Aysar Hadi, is said by Vietnamese media The Thao 247 to be over 19 years old.
Therefore, Indonesian football lovers through social media encourage PSSI to leave the AFF and join the East Asian Football Federation (Football Federation).EAFF). The hope is that by joining EAFF, the level of the Indonesian national team will be boosted.
This is because the Indonesian national team will regularly meet with established East Asian teams such as Japan, South Korea, China, North Korea and Hong Kong. Just like the AFF, EAFF has a regional tournament called the EAFF Football Championship.
“Assalamualaikum our EAFF from Indonesia,” wrote the account @irham_rahayu95 in the comments column of EAFF’s Instagram, @EAFF_Official.
“Indonesia is guaranteed to be crowded, basically. The EAFF Football Championship level has gone up to the level of the Champions League,” wrote the @sahmel5 account.
If PSSI takes a bold step by leaving the AFF, automatically the AFF will only have 11 members. They are Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam and Australia.
For the last name, join AFF since 2013. Australia has regularly participated in various AFF age group tournaments such as the U-16 and U-19 groups. Nearby, the U-16 Australian National Team will take part in the 2022 AFF U-16 Cup which will be held in Indonesia from 31 July to 12 August 2022.
(Australian national team replaces Indonesia national team position in senior AFF Cup?)
However, the senior Australian national team has never taken part in the senior AFF Cup. If The Indonesian National Team Says Goodbye from AFF, will Australian National Team fill the slot left by the Garuda squad in the senior AFF Cup? Interesting to look forward to.
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