TIME.CO, Jakarta – Representatives of the World Football Federation or FIFA came to Indonesia. FIFA sent Niko Nhouvannasak who is the coordinator of the FIFA development project.
The Indonesian Football Association or PSSI said FIFA representatives held an inaugural meeting on Monday 10 October 2022 at PSSI’s Jakarta office. On that occasion, Niko held a meeting with PSSI President General Mochamad Iriawan, Vice President General Iwan Budianto, Secretary General Yunus Nusi and Deputy Secretary General Maaike Ira Puspita.
Iriawan appreciated the arrival of the FIFA representatives. “FIFA says it will continue to provide assistance and provide maximum support to PSSI after the incident,” the figure who is familiarly called Iwan Bule said on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, citing the PSSI website.
He explained the actual steps and the best solution in response to the the tragedy of Kanjuruhan becomes the topic of discussion at the inaugural meeting. “This meeting is an initial meeting which will be followed by a series of mentoring activities by FIFA to improve the development of football in Indonesia,” said Iwan Bule.
Previously, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Zainudin Amali, said he was unaware of the discussion agenda proposed by FIFA. However, he considered, the arrival of FIFA was to oversee the transformation of Indonesian football.
“This has something to do with PSSI, we have received an invitation. I will send an envoy from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, but we are not inviting PSSI. So FIFA came to PSSI, then PSSI invited us. , so we came, “Amali said on Monday 10 October 2022.
The arrival of the FIFA delegation in Indonesia began with the communication of the president Joko Widodo through a letter to the world football federation. In its response to President Jokowi, FIFA alluded to the possibility of cooperation to form a transformation team for Indonesian football.
This transformation team has become the agenda to improve Indonesian football after the tragedy at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, after the game Arema FC vs Persebaya Surabaya erupted on October 1, 2022. The tragedy that killed 131 people has become one of the second worst tragedies in world football history.
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