Anxious Hopes Await Lionel Messi's Arrival To Indonesia

JAKARTA - The Argentine national team will visit Indonesia to play FIFA Matchday on June 19. In an announcement on its official social media, the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) released the squad that was brought to the match against the Indonesian national team.

In the list of names, there are several mega stars in the world. One of them is Lionel Messi, the player who caused the uproar for choosing to join Inter Miami.

This news clearly makes football lovers in Indonesia, especially Messi fans, very enthusiastic. Evidently, the 60 thousand tickets released by PSSI were sold out in a matter of minutes.

However, recently bad news emerged. A tweet from Argentine journalist, Leo Paradizo, said the former Barcelona player would not join the group to Indonesia.

However, a number of foreign media reported Messi would continue to fly to the country. Currently, the coaching staff of the Argentine national team led by Lionel Scaloni is discussing this matter.

Argentine media, Eldestape said Messi could still be playing in Indonesia. However, with the record that the player decided to cancel his vacation.

Meanwhile, Spanish media Mundo Deportivo said Messi would come and make a scene. But again, this is just speculation.

Related to this, PSSI could not comment much. Everyone is looking forward to official information from AFA.

PSSI chairman Erick Thohir said he could only hope that Messi would continue to join the Argentine national team to come to Indonesia. He could only pray that Messi would appear in the match against the Indonesian national team.

"I pray Messi flies (to Indonesia), I pray Messi plays, that's all I can do," said Erick Thohir.