End The Disappointment Of The U20, Acting Minister Of Youth And Sports Invites The Public To Face The National Team's Preparations For The 2023 SEA Games

Acting Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Muhadjir Effendy

JAKARTA - Acting Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Muhadjir Effendy appealed to all parties not to be sad and disappointed for the cancellation of Indonesia to host the 2023 U20 World Cup.

This was conveyed by Muhadjir when giving a press statement with the Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko at the Bina Graha Building, Jakarta, Thursday, March 30.

"I underline that Mr. Moeldoko, anyone who feels empathy for this problem, including football fans, including me, should not be sad for too long and disappointed," he appealed.

Muhadjir, who is also the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, acknowledged that FIFA's decision saddened all parties in the country. But he believes FIFA's decision is the best.

"We must be very disappointed with FIFA's decision, of course that. I think FIFA is very aware of it, it's the decision to disappoint many people. But this is the full authority of FIFA and FIFA must have chosen the best decision for us," he said.

He appealed to all parties not to be too sad and disappointed because there are still many jobs and programs to improve national football performance in the future.

He pleaded with all parties, whether pros or cons of the presence of the Israeli national team, to both look back at a more promising future, especially in bringing the future of national football.

"In the near future we will face the SEA Games moment and we must prepare the entire team, including our football teams as well as possible, especially when it is very close and implemented in Cambodia, it is certainly very different if it is done in Indonesia. We must be much more prepared to face various kinds of competition in the SEA Games," he said.