Regarding The Process In Football, The Chairman Of PSSI And Haruna Sumitro Are Not In Line

PSSI General Chair Mochamad Iriawan (right) talks with the Indonesian national team coach Shin Tae-yong (left) (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - PSSI General Chairperson (Ketum) and one member of Exco, Haruna Sumitro, apparently have a different view of the importance of a process in football.

Iriawan emphasized that the process is a path that must be passed to achieve the goal. He also believes that every good achievement cannot be separated from the process.

"For example, from here (Jakarta) you want to go to Bogor, when you suddenly arrive in Bogor? Of course, right, you have to pass the toll road or regular roads, you can take a car, train or plane. That's the process and we believe in that process, " said the man who is familiarly called Iwan Bule, quoted from Antara.

That analogy is what he later applied to football in the country. According to Iriawan, no national team can excel without a long process and ups and downs.

Iriawan also gave an example that young players must dare to take steps to be able to get many hours of practice and matches so that their performance and abilities continue to improve.

"I believe that trust in the process will lead to good results," he said.

Regarding Iriawan's view, it turns out to be inversely proportional to Haruna Sumitro's statement. Previously, the Exco member stated in a short video that the most important thing in football is the result, not the process.

"Yes, that's how football is. In football, people don't want to see the process. What you see is the results," Haruna said when he was quoted from a short video uploaded on the JPNN.com Youtube channel.

Haruna's statement immediately drew a protest reaction from netizens. Moreover, Haruna also directed this sentence to satirize the Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong, who he considers the same as other coaches who can only take the national team to the AFF Cup final without bringing home the championship title.

Haruna's statement to Shin Tae-yong then made netizens react and brought up the hashtag #HarunaOut on social media as an urging for Haruna to leave PSSI. At the same time, netizens flocked to their bodies to support Shin Tae-yong.