President Jokowi Two Weeks Of Dizzy Thinking About Football, Erick Thohir: Same Sir

PSSI chairman Erick Thohir accompanied President Jokowi when he met the U-20 Indonesian national team. (Photo: Doc. PSSI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) admitted that he had been dizzy with football affairs in the last two weeks. This is related to the 2023 U-20 World Cup.

Indonesia should host the international event. However, it was finally canceled due to a number of factors, including the rejection of the Israeli team's participation and security reasons.

"My bed for the past two weeks is because of my dizzy ball. It's really dizzy. But yes, it has become God's will. We accept it as a lesson in the future so that it doesn't happen again. Lessons we can take, lessons from football matters," Jokowi said in a video clip uploaded on his Instagram account.

"But yes, it's dizzy, really dizzy taking care of the ball. It's dizzy," he continued.

This video of Jokowi's confession was then re-uploaded by the Chairman of PSSI, Erick Thohir. He also added comments that attracted attention.

The man who also serves as Minister of SOEs admitted that he felt the same way as President Jokowi.

"Same, sir," he wrote briefly accompanying the video.

Erick Thohir himself still has a task to complete. The former Inter Milan president was entrusted by Jokowi to lobby FIFA so that Indonesia would not be sanctioned after failing to host the U-20 World Cup.

"Maybe in these months I hope that later the General Chairperson of PSSI, Mr. Erick Thohir, can fly back to Zurich to convey the things I said earlier," said Jokowi at the GBK area, Senayan, Jakarta, Saturday, April 1 yesterday.