EX Thailand national team coach, Steve Darby, made a surprising statement. He mentions Indonesian National team in this case PSSI will be rejected by the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).
Just to note, PSSI got encouragement from a number of football lovers in the country to leave AFF and join EAFF. The reason is because the competition in the AFF is no longer healthy, such as allegations of elephant football and age theft.
Meanwhile, if you move to EAFF, it is said that the Indonesian national team will level up. Because, EAFF is inhabited by established East Asian teams such as Japan, South Korea, China and North Korea.
Chairman of PSSI, Mochamad Iriawan, also said that he had opened communication with EAFF. He admitted that the Secretary General of PSSI, Yunus Nusi, had opened negotiations with EAFF.
“Yes (communication with EAFF) has conveyed us through the Secretary General. Maybe he (EAFF) is happy if we come in,” said Mochamad Iriawan.
However, as discussed above, Steve Darby doubts that EAFF will accept PSSI. He believes PSSI will stay in the AFF.
“I think this (rumors PSSI joining EAFF) will soon go away. Because I don’t think EAFF wants Indonesia to join. Apart from that, another case that needs to be considered is that politicians in ASEAN will step in if this problem progresses too far,” said Steve Darby quoting from Soha.
If you leave for EAFF, there are indeed pluses and minuses that will be obtained by the Indonesian national team. Fortunately, the Indonesian national team has the opportunity to regularly meet Japan, South Korea and China if they are able to qualify for the final round of the EAFF Football Championship.
However, the disadvantage is, Indonesian National team the age group cannot feel the tournament atmosphere if they leave for EAFF. This is because in EAFF there are no tournaments for age groups like in AFF such as U-16, U-19 and U-23.
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