The 2024 PON Bronze And Gold Fighting Football Match Will Be Led By The League 1 Referee

JAKARTA - The men's soccer branch of the XXI Aceh National Sports Week (PON)-North Sumatra 2024 has reached the top round.

The bronze and final match will be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. The match for third place brings together South Kalimantan vs Aceh, while the top match presents the West Java vs East Java battle.

PSSI through Secretary General Yunus Nusi emphasized that the two parties will be led by League 1 referees.

The decision was taken in the aftermath of the incident of beating the referee and the alleged match-fixing in the quarter-final match between Aceh vs Central Sulawesi.

Yunus further said that the assignment of League 1 referees had been carried out since the semifinal match.

"The assignment stage is indeed led by League 1 referees in the semifinals between South Kalimantan vs West Java and East Java vs Aceh."

"Then, the bronze and final competition will also be led by League 1 referees," said Yunus Nusi in a working meeting to ask for naturalization with Commission X of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

As is known, the quarter-finals of the 2024 PON men's football between Aceh vs South Sulawesi were chaotic.

Referee Eko Agus Sugiharto is suspected of having a controversial dream. In the aftermath, he was persecuted by South Sulawesi players.

Eko was immediately rushed to the hospital by ambulance and his role was replaced by Fadli Nurdiana.

Aceh has the right to advance to the semifinals because South Sulawesi chose the walkover (WO). At that time the position was still 1-1 until normal time was over

The match then continued to the extension round. However, South Sulawesi chose to resign.

Meanwhile, the bronze and final match will be held at the Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Banda Aceh, in the afternoon until the evening.