Football5Star.com, Indonesia – The Indonesian national team has finally found a replacement for Bangladesh who failed to try out on FIFA Matchday. PSSI said that Brunei Darussalam or Timor Leste would be the opponents for Indonesia.
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As previously reported, the Garuda squad was previously confirmed to be playing against Bangladesh twice in the FIFA Matchday party in Bali. The matches are scheduled to take place on January 24 and 27, 2022.
However, the planned match was cancelled. PSSI said Bangladesh was reluctant to undergo quarantine before fighting Indonesia. PSSI has also met a substitute opponent for the Indonesian national team.
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“Probably with Brunei or Timor Leste. That’s what we want, it’s important for that, so that our national team is reunited and the program has been adjusted to Liga 1. We’ll wait, obviously January 24 and 27 between one of them. Most likely Timor Leste,” said the chairman of PSSI, Mochamad Iriawan.
“Because it is quite difficult to find a trial opponent for the Indonesian national team at this time due to the Covid situation, other countries are also different from us. Some are sorry, they have only been vaccinated once like Bangladesh, because maybe the rules there are like that. Then they don’t want to quarantine, our country doesn’t allow that,” he continued.
Indonesian National Team Twice Against Timor Leste
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Iriawan also revealed that the plan is that the Garuda squad will serve Timor Leste twice in FIFA Matchday. Their response was quite good because they always maintain the relationship.
“They respond. Brunei is waiting, Timor Leste is responding well. Because our relationship is good with that country. Actually, Bangladesh also wanted to, but because the first and second vaccine didn’t want to be quarantined, it was a bit difficult with the rules in our country,” he explained.
Regarding quarantine rules, Timor Leste has no problem. “Meanwhile, they can agree,” concluded Iriawan.
