PSSI promises to take the matter of the AFC referee to the Federation President’s Forum

Jakarta –

PSSI General Secretary, Yunus Nusihe promised to raise the issue of arbitration AFC at the Football Association President’s forum later this month. PSSI requires that the appointment of arbitrators be fair.

This follows PSSI’s protest against the referee’s leadership from Oman when the Indonesian national team was hosted by Bahrain recently. The Federation opposed Ahmed Al Kaf who was considered biased so that the Indonesian National Team did not win.

In the third match day of Round 3 of the 2026 World Cup Qualifier, the Indonesian national team was ahead 2-1 against Bahrain. However, Bahrain was able to level the score 2-2 when the injury time was over.

“Obviously, we hope this event will be a high-level event, which is the World Cup qualifiers. heads of world federations and general secretaries of world federations,” Yunus Nusi told journalists at GBK Arena, Friday (25/10/2024).

“And I will communicate with the AFC, our friends are there. We hope that whoever the referee is, we will want to be neutral. Our people are happy with football,” he said. to him.

The appointment of the referee from Oman was considered unfair. Because Oman and Bahrain are both Middle Eastern countries and both speak the same language.

PSSI has complained about the referee’s leadership, but the AFC has ignored it. On the other hand, the AFC immediately responded to the Bahrain Federation (BFA) when they requested that the away match against the Indonesian National Team be moved to a neutral venue.

“Don’t let the neutrality of the referees who lead when Indonesia competes create a bad atmosphere between the two countries. Because our people support football,” said Yunus Nusi .

“So don’t try to send referees who are not neutral, send referees who are not good. Our society is very quick to respond. This is to avoid discomfort between our country and the country of the referee and our alliance to the AFC. ,” he said.

(mro/ran)