JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan invited Atletico Madrid U19 and Barcelona U19 football clubs to have dinner at DKI Jakarta City Hall in the 2021 International Youth Championship (IYC) Gala Dinner.

In addition to the two Spanish football clubs, Anies also invited the Indonesian All Star club and Bali United. They will start competing in the IYC tournament at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) tomorrow.

The players from Atletico Madrid and Barcelona arrived at the Jakarta City Hall Hall by boarding the Royaltrans Transjakarta bus. When he got off the bus, Anies was ready to welcome them.

In this event, Anies served Pletok beer and fruit punch as a welcome drink to the group.

The former Minister of Education and Culture admitted that he was grateful that the football tournament, which was held at the magnificent stadium in Jakarta, was able to take place after some time being delayed.

"Alhamdulillah, on this evening we have been waiting for since December, we are finally able to host the IYC activity. The theme of tonight's activity is to welcome players from the four clubs who will compete," said Anies at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday. , April 12.

Anies said that the tournament, which was held by the Pancoran Soccer Field in collaboration with the DKI Provincial Government as the host, had two objectives.

The goal is to show that Indonesia has gone through a difficult period of handling the COVID-19 pandemic. This event is also the soft launching of JIS.

"We believe that this will help us all send a message to the world that Jakarta is ready to host an international football event and Indonesia is ready to host a world event," said Anies.


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