PSSI's Desire to Test the National Team Against Curacao Experiences Obstacles

2022-08-06 05:34

Keinginan PSSI untuk Uji Tanding Timnas Lawan Curacao Alami Kendala

There are obstacles to the Covid-19 vaccination that prevent Curacao from coming to Indonesia.

JAKARTA - The All Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) is exploring three countries to be willing to be a test match opponent at the FIFA Matchday in September 2022. This is in preparation for the 2023 Asian Cup as well as improving the position in the FIFA rankings.


The three countries are Curacao, India and Hong Kong. Curacao is a small island nation that is geographically located in the South American region, but in football the country is included in the North, Central America and Caribbean (Concacaf) zone with a FIFA ranking of 84. While India is in position 104 and Hong Kong is ranked 145 FIFA.


PSSI General Chair, Mochamad Iriawan, said that his party continues to communicate with all of the potential opponents. However, in the process, obstacles were found, particularly related to Curacao. The reason is, there are obstacles to the Covid-19 vaccination which hinders Art Langeler's squad from coming to Indonesia.

"PSSI continues to communicate with the three countries. However, for Curacao there are obstacles. Because some players and officials have not yet vaccinated. In fact, one of the requirements to enter Indonesia must be vaccinated," said Iriawan, quoted from the federation's official website, Thursday (21). /7/2022).

The name Curacao is certainly still foreign to the ears of the Indonesian people, even though in football it is somewhat better than Indonesia because it is in the top 100 of the FIFA rankings. The Curacao Football Federation (FFK), which was previously under the Netherlands Antilles Football Federation (NAVU) because it was under the Dutch colony, is recognized as having been in existence since 1921.

Of course, it would be interesting if the Indonesian national team could compete with the Curacao national team, which has quite good quality. Finally, before the Covid-19 pandemic, Curacao appeared in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Curacao was able to qualify for the quarter-finals, before losing 0-1 to the United States.






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