“U-22 Indonesian National Team Welcomed With Procession After SEA Games Victory: Foreign Media Reports”

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The U-22 Indonesian National Team, which managed to bring home a gold medal from the 2023 SEA Games, was greeted with a procession on Friday (19/5).

The excitement was highlighted by several foreign media. Among others, from Vietnamese media (Zing), Qatari media (The Peninsula), and Indian media (News 18).

Zing highlighted the traffic congestion that occurred in the capital on Friday morning. It is known, the procession for the U-22 National Team started at 08.00 WIB yesterday morning.

“A traffic jam occurred in the capital city of Jakarta on the morning of May 19. A sea of ​​people welcomed home the Indonesian U-22 heroes after the 32nd SEA Games championship,” Zing wrote.

The Peninsula also reported the same thing, which described the condition of the procession welcoming the U-22 National Team.

“Thousands of residents marched on the streets of Jakarta on Friday. They sang, lit flares and waved flags to welcome the victory of the Indonesian football team from the Southeast Asian Games,” said The Peninsula Qatar report.

Meanwhile, criticism came from News 18. The Indian media brought up the excitement of the procession which seemed to forget the commotion during the 2023 SEA Games final between Indonesia vs Thailand.

“Controversy aside, the Indonesian national team was paraded through Central Jakarta in an open-top bus bearing the words ‘JUARA’. This victory was Indonesia’s first football gold at a regional sporting event in 32 years,” News 18 reported.

(fab/fab)