SINGAPORE – FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, sees the potential of the AFF Cup. Therefore, he has plans to include the biggest football tournament in Southeast Asia into the FIFA international calendar.
As is known, the AFF Cup has not been recognized as an official FIFA tournament. As a result, this tournament is not included in the FIFA international calendar.
This has been a complaint of the Indonesian football public for years. Because the coach of the Indonesian National Team (Timnas) always has trouble calling players because they have to negotiate with clubs.
Not only domestically, this has also spread to European clubs. Most recently, Egy Maulana Vikri has been unable to defend Indonesia since the start of the 2020 AFF Cup because he has to help FK Senica compete in the 2021-2022 Slovak League first.
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However, Indonesia and the other AFF Cup participating teams got a breath of fresh air. The reason is that Infantino plans to add the AFF Cup to the FIFA international calendar to make the tournament more competitive.
