MEDIA Malaysia highlights potential opponents Indonesian National team from FIFA Matchday September 2022. As is known, the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) has confirmed that the Indonesian national team will face the Curacao National Team in a trial match in September 2022.
This certainty received the spotlight from the Malaysian media, Makan Bola. In one article report, Makan Bola contains news headlines that offend the Indonesian national team.
“Indonesia Sharpens Its Ability Against The World Rank 84 Team,” wrote the headline, Makan Bola in his article.
Yes, as already mentioned, PSSI has confirmed that the Indonesian national team will test match against the Curacao national team. This was confirmed by the Secretary General of PSSI, Yunus Nusi some time ago.
“Two matches in September are planned to face Curacao,” said Yunus Nusi as quoted by ANTARA.
“Everything is still in process, the response from Curacao is good,” he explained further.
For your information, the FIFA ranking of the Curacao National Team is currently ranked 84th. In addition, the team under CONCACAF is also not an arbitrary opponent.
Before meeting the Indonesian national team, Curacao had tried teams in Asia. The two teams are Vietnam and India.
The moment occurred when Curacao was invited by the Football Federation of Thailand (FAT) to compete in the King’s Cup, a tournament held by FAT in 2019. At that time, the participants of this mini tournament consisted of four teams.
Besides Curacao, Vietnam, and India, there is Thailand, which acts as the host. The tournament uses a knockout system.
Although not widely known, it turns out that Curacao can make a surprise. They managed to silence India in their first game with a score of 3-1. The victory took Curacao straight into the final.
In the final, Curacao faced Vietnam, who beat Thailand 1-0. The decisive match was fierce. Because Curacao and Vietnam drew 1-1. However, in the penalty shootout, Curacao managed to win 5-4 against Vietnam.
On the basis of a fairly qualified FIFA ranking, as well as the experience of conquering teams in Asia, the Malaysian media highlighted Curacao. For Makan Bola, the opponent of the Indonesian national team is not an arbitrary team.
They also saw the seriousness of the Indonesian national team to improve its position in FIFA. “Indonesia has great will. They came up against a team that is ranked in the world’s best 100,” concluded the Makan Bola article.
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