So Wasit Permanen Super League, Yudai Yamamoto Ungkap Perbedaan Kompetisi Indonesia dan Jepang

JAKARTA - Yudai Yamamoto officially became a permanent foreign referee assigned to the 2025/2026 Super League competition. Carrying out his new duties, Yudai Yamamoto revealed the differences between competitions in Indonesia and his native country, Japan.

According to Yudai Yamamoto, the performance of local referees in Indonesia continues to improve over time. However, there is one striking thing in the performance of local referees, namely inconsistency in making decisions in the penalty box.

This situation is considered by Yudai Yamamoto to often be the source of discord and the emergence of loud protests from the players on the field. This situation, according to Yudai Yamamoto, is very different from the situation of referees in the J-League.

"In the J-League, the referee is consistent. In Indonesia, it is less consistent, especially in the penalty area," said Yudai Yamamoto after a press conference with the I-League in Jakarta on Monday, December 22, 2025.

Yudai Yamamoto assessed that the performance of the referee in Japan was quite firm and minimal to cause a loud protest from the players.

The comparison can be expressed by Yudai not without reason. Even though he had just been inaugurated as a permanent foreign referee in the Super League, he had previously carried out five tasks to lead matches in the country.

Regarding his new duties, Yudai Yamamoto welcomed it because he also felt that he could contribute to the refereeing world in Indonesian football. He hopes that his presence can be an example for referees in Indonesia in making a decision.

"I want the players in Indonesia to be more focused and guarded. I want the match to run more orderly, that's what I want," said Yudai Yamamoto.

Not only that, he also hopes that the players in the Super League can better accept every decision made so that the atmosphere of the match can run orderly as in the J-League.

"In the J-League, when attacking, they do a lot of passes, while in Indonesia, the long passes are very fast. In Indonesia, there are often many incidents in the penalty area."

"Therefore, I have to move a lot to see the incident there. The point is that in Indonesia always operate forward quickly," he said.