Jay Idzes Brings Venezia Promotion To Serie A Next Season

Jay Idzes (center) brought Venezia promotion to Serie A next season (Instagram/@jayidzes).

JAKARTA - Jay Idzes managed to bring Venezia to Serie A next season. Venezia won the promotional playoffs final against Cremonese with a 1-0 aggregate.

Venezia managed to hold back the 0-0 draw while playing at home to Cremonese, Giovanni Zini Stadium, in the first leg of the promotional playoffs to Serie A, Friday, May 31, 2024.

In that match, Jay Idzes almost performed full. He was just replaced by Girgio Altare at the end of the match, precisely in the 87th minute.

Continuing to the leg of determination, Venezia appeared at home, Pier Luigi Penzo Stadium, on Monday, May 3, 2024.

Venezia actually appeared under pressure from Cremonese by only controlling 36 percent of the ball. The creation of chances lost to the visitors with eight shots and three of them on target.

While Cremonese managed to threaten with 16 shots, seven of them headed into the goal.

However, Venezia was more effective. One of the three shots on target resulted in a goal in the 24th minute through Christian Gytkjaer after receiving assist Gianluca Busio.

This time, Jay Idzes performed for 90 minutes. His strong performance in the defense with two other defenders, Michael Svoboda and Marin Sverko, was able to keep Venezia's goal safe.

The narrow win brought Venezia promotion to Serie A next season. Venezia followed Parma and Como who were promoted to Italy's highest league as champions and runners-up in Serie B 2023/2024.

This achievement is certainly good for Jay Idzes' future career and benefits for the Indonesian national team.

Defender's ability 24 years will be honed in Italy's highest competition next season. He also most likely stays in Venice because his contract will only expire in June 2027.

After defending Venezia in the final of the Serie A promotion playoffs, Jay Idzes will fly to Indonesia to join the Garuda Squad.

He is predicted to arrive in the country on May 5, 2024. Therefore, Jay Idzes is likely to miss the match against Iraq (June 6, 2024) in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

The Indonesian national team still has one match remaining from the second round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification against the Philippines on June 11, 2024. All of these parties were held at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.

The Indonesian national team only needs to secure three points from the two matches to qualify for the third round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.