Simple Hope Of Football Players For PSSI New Management: Improve Quality Of Competition

The quality of the national football competition is expected to be improved. (Photo: Doc. New Indonesian League)

JAKARTA - The election of the PSSI Executive Committee, including the General Chair, will be held on Thursday, February 16, at the time of the Extraordinary Congress (KLB). A number of national football players have high hopes for the new board later.

Improvements in competition will be the most emphasized thing for the new management later. The hope is actually quite simple, but it is very difficult to realize until now.

This hope was conveyed by former Indonesian national team player, Hamka Hamzah, during the oration and delivery of the vision and mission of the Ketum and the candidate for the Executive Committee (Exco), Monday, February 13 in the Senayan area, Central Jakarta.

In this activity, the captain of the Bekasi FC League 2 team voiced his concerns. He asked for clarity regarding the continuation of the competition which was stopped after theceruhan Tragedy.

"Competition must be improved. I am sure football will advance. If the competition is good, I think the others will follow," said Hamka Hamzah in front of a number of candidates for Exco PSSI 2023-2027.

The former PSM Makassar player and RANS Nusantara FC then gave advice and criticism that rests on the governance of a healthy and quality national football league competition. Hamka emphasized the points are the accumulation of frequent competitions in the country that stop halfway.

In addition to this season, the competition was stopped due to the tragedy of the Kanjuruhan Stadium, last year the situation also occurred for a long time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflecting on the previous situation, Hamka demanded the seriousness of the PSSI management in making the concept of Indonesian competition.

"So for all the candidates who are fighting, never mind bringing together the goal to improve football, advancing football together," he said.

"PSSI administrators must have the intention of advancing football. Don't football 30 percent, then 70 percent of it is politics. It should be reversed. In England, people know the competition better, not federation administrators. In Indonesia, the federation management is better known, not the competition," said Hamka.

The pressure to improve quality and organize national football competitions also came from representatives of Liga 1 clubs. The President Director of Madura United, Annisa Zhafarina Qosasi, said that the three PSSI tasks that attracted public attention were competition, youth development, and national team achievements.

"Please (to the PSSI management) pay attention to the competition. Without competition, the Indonesian national team will not be maximal," said Annisa.