New National Team Class Trial Match Request Permit Several Hours Before Kick-off. How Come?

U-22 National Team (Photo: PSSI)

JAKARTA - The U-22 national team trial match in preparation for the 2021 SEA Games against PS Tira Persikabo on Wednesday, March 3 at the Madya Stadium, Jakarta was canceled. This is because PSSI has not received permission from the National Police Headquarters.

Acting Secretary General of PSSI Yunus Nusi understands this. For this reason, PSSI apologized to the National Police Headquarters.

"PSSI understands and understands why the National Police Headquarters has not allowed the match. Maybe because our permission (PSSI) is too sudden so that the National Police Headquarters needs to do a more in-depth study before issuing a permit. With this PSSI apologizes to the Police Headquarters for being troublesome," said Yunus Nusi. reported from the PSSI page.

Meanwhile, national team coach Shin Tae-yong understands that the match must then be canceled.

`` I hope this is just postponed. This team needs a trial run. Moreover, PSSI's target is to win a gold medal at the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam, '' explained the South Korean coach.

Yunus said the U-23 national team had been conducting training since a month ago at the Madya Stadium. However, for one month it has never been tested.

'' So this team really needs a trial. That's why Coach Shin Tae-yong scheduled a trial with the Liga 1 club so that the team can develop more because the Indonesian national team is targeted to win gold at the 2021 SEA Games, "added Yunus Nusi.

"For this reason, while waiting for the licensing administration process, we are preparing a trial match according to coach Shin Tae-yong's roadmap. However, up to one hour before kick-off, we have not received permission from the police. coordination with the Police Headquarters.

Previously, the Kapolsek Metro Tanah Abang Kompol Singgih Hermawan said the crowd permit had not been issued because the committee, in this case PSSI, was late in making submissions.

The committee, he continued, only submitted a letter related to the match on the day of the match.

"This activity does not yet have a permit, so we prohibit it from being carried out," said Singgih.

The Indonesian U-22 national team players and Tira Persikabo arrived at the Gelora Bung Karno Intermediate Stadium, Jakarta, about an hour before the match.

However, they had to return to the inn because the police asked that the match not be held because there was no crowd permit yet.