JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team is scheduled to meet Argentina on FIFA Matchday, 19 June. This was confirmed by the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) through their official Twitter social media account.
This certainty received a warm welcome from national football lovers. Support also came from Bali United coach Stefano Cugurra.
According to the man who is familiarly called Teco, this match could provide benefits to the Garuda squad and supporters in Indonesia.
"Indonesian players will have experience fighting a team that has just won the World Cup," said Teco in Gianyar.
Argentina's meeting with Indonesia, he said, would be a momentum awaited by Indonesian football lovers. The reason is, the enthusiasm of football supporters from Indonesia is quite high in supporting big countries such as Brazil, Spain, France, Italy, and Argentina.
"Suporters can also see the World Cup winning team coming to Indonesia, to the stadium at GBK, to see high level football," said the former Persija coach.
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Meanwhile, Bali United player Tegar Infantry enthusiastically welcomed Indonesia's match against a team, one of which has world players, Lionel Messi.
According to him, it is an honor for Indonesia to be chosen to be the opponent of the world team, Argentina. "Argentina also plays a lot of roles in the international football arena," he said.
He also admired Messi's figure because he was more 'crazy' when playing on the field. "I'm Messi's team because he plays crazy football when he's on the field," added the player who is also a member of the Indonesian Air Force.
The Garuda Team match against Team Tango is planned to take place at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBK), Jakarta, June 19. The meeting between the two countries at the senior level will be the first after having previously met at the junior level.
At that time, Indonesia met Argentina at the 1979 Youth World Championship or FIFA World Youth in Japan. The young Indonesian team must recognize Argentina's advantage, which five times broke into Garuda's goal without reply.
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