Jakarta –
1979 Junior World Cup not only bring together Indonesia with Argentina which is strengthened Diego Maradona above the field. They stay in the same hotel.
Junior World Cup is the old name of the U-20 World Cup. Destiny immediately put Indonesia against a tough opponent on its debut at the Junior World Cup which was held in Japan at that time.
Indonesia is joined in Group B along with Argentina, Poland and Yugoslavia. No doubt Indonesia is just a joy because they lost three times in the group phase.
Indonesia was defeated by Argentina with a score of 0-5, lost 0-6 to Poland, and lost 0-5 to Yugoslavia. Bambang Nurdiansyah cs became caretaker of the group without scoring and scoring points.
Despite Indonesia’s downturn, this event is a valuable experience for Garuda Muda players. Especially about their chance to compete against Argentina which is strengthened by players such as Maradona, Ruben Diaz, to Juan Barbas.
On the field, Indonesia is clearly helpless than Argentina. But they also have the opportunity to have a friendly conversation outside the match because the team of one group is placed in the same hotel.
“Never mind exposure to Maradona and Argentine players, we can eat together. Because every meal has the same time, “said Bambang Nurdiansyah to detikSport.
“The most different is the table. The only thing that separates it. Indonesia is given five tables, Argentina on the other table. If you eat, it’s papasan, not Maradona, there is Ramon Diaz too,” he added.
Maradona’s starry had already radiated, even though at that time he was only 18 years old. Since the age of 16, he has been given the opportunity to appear in the Argentina Senior National Team.
No wonder Indonesian players are dazzled by Maradona’s figure even though he is relatively in the same age. Seeing Maradona in the mass media has become the daily diet of Indonesian players.
At that time, Maradona was touted as a potential new world star from an early age. Sure enough, he became the best player at the 1979 Junior World Cup and helped Argentina to be the champion.
After that, Maradona’s career continued together. He also had the opportunity to work together with Mario Kempes Argentina’s senior team.
Mario Kempes had anchored to Indonesia by joining Pelita Jaya at the end of his career. Not only as a player, Mario Kempes had become Pelita Jaya’s tactician in 1995-1996.
Incidentally, Bambang Nurdiansyah also strengthened Pelita Jaya when he was still being trained by Mario Kempes. Discussing Maradona became an inevitable conversation when Bambang Nurdiansyah was in a team with Mario Kempes.
“Yes, Mario Kempes was once a coach at Pelita. Yes, I certainly discussed it Maradona. But not much because Mario Kempes is not very open, “said Bambang Nurdiansyah.
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