FC Locomotive Bonds Of Arema FC Law Lakoni's Friendship Match November 30

Arema FC (Between)

JAKARTA - The team from Georgia, FC Locomotive Bond officially submitted an invitation to Arema FC to play a friendly match at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium II, Georgia on November 30, 2022.

The manager of the International Affair Arema FC, Fuad Ardiansyah in Malang City, East Java, Thursday said that the official letter of invitation for the friendly match with the FC Locomotive Bonds has been received by the management of Arema FC.

"It is true that there was an offer for an international friendly match, coming from a team from Georgia, namely FC Locomotive Tbilisi, which delivered an invitation through an official letter," said Fuad.

Fuad explained, in the letter FC Locomotive Tbilisi stated that they are a team that has a great opportunity to go to the 2023 UEFA Conference League. Currently, the team is preparing to appear in the Goergia Cup final.

According to him, regarding Arema FC's management response to the invitation to the friendly match in Georgia, it will still be discussed first with the Arema FC board of directors and the coaching team.

"Of course we will discuss first with the coaching team and directors regarding this invitation, because there are many things that must be considered and studied," he added.

He added that one of the considerations that will be carried out by the board of directors and coaches of Arema FC is related to the time of the competition which has not yet been determined after the tragedy that occurred at the Kanjuruhan Stadium.

"There are many things that must be considered, perhaps in terms of readiness and competition in the future. Because, we are still waiting for the exact schedule for League 1," he said.

Previously, PT LIB as the operator of Liga 1 and 2 issued a letter dated October 3, 2022 stating that Liga 1 was terminated indefinitely, while Liga 2 was suspended for two weeks after the letter was issued.

The decision was issued after a tragedy occurred at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang Regency, East Java after the match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya on October 1, 2022. The tragedy caused 135 people to die.