Vietnamese Media Panic PSSI Brings Cases of Alleged Elephant Football to AFC and FIFA, Vietnam U-19 National Team Will be Dropped Immediately? : Okezone Ball

MEDIA Vietnam, The Thao 247, panicked when he learned that PSSI brought the alleged case of elephant football involving the Vietnam U-19 and Thailand U-19 national teams in the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup to the AFC and FIFA. Because of the fear of the Vietnam U-19 national team being dropped from the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup, The Thao 247 held on to the comments of the Secretary General of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), Le Hoai Anh.

For your information, Le Hoai Anh emphasized that the Vietnam U-19 national team had played seriously in the match against Thailand. This was in accordance with the instructions given by the coach of the Vietnam U-19 national team, Dinh The Nam.

(Allegedly there was a practice of elephant football in the Vietnam U-19 national team vs Thailand U-19 national team match)

“Decide to sue Vietnam U-19, Indonesia hopes a lot for FIFA?” Wrote The Thao 247 in the title of the article they made.

“Recently, PSSI General Chair Mochamad Iriawan said he would take this case to the AFC and FIFA. The video evidence of the match in the last 10 minutes is a strong basis,” continued The Thao 247.

PSSI itself has good relations with the AFC and FIFA. Moreover, Indonesia will host the 2023 U-20 World Cup so that intense communication is taking place between the three organizations.

So far, PSSI has lodged a protest with the AFF. The submission of objections was made on Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

However, a day has passed and there has been no response from the AFF. Therefore, if the AFF does not move, PSSI will escalate the protest to a higher level, namely the AFC and FIFA.

Mochamad Iriawan

(Mochamad Iriawan lodged a protest with the AFF regarding the alleged existence of elephant football in the Vietnam vs Thailand match)

The Indonesian national team was punished by FIFA for the elephant football case that involved them with Thailand in the 1998 AFF Cup. At that time, the Indonesian and Thai national teams were both reluctant to win the match for fear of meeting host Vietnam in the 1998 AFF Cup semifinals.

As a result, FIFA sentenced the Indonesian and Thai national teams to pay a fine of USD 40,000 or now equivalent to Rp. 599 million. Meanwhile, the Indonesian national team defender, Murysid Effendi, who committed an own goal was deliberately banned from appearing on the international football stage for life.

Therefore, it is interesting to wait for the AFF’s response to the alleged existence of elephant football in the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup. Apart from that, the plan is for the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup semifinal match involving the Vietnam U-19 National Team vs the U-19 Malaysia National Team (15.30pm). WIB) and the Laos U-19 National Team vs Thailand U-19 National Team (20.00 WIB) will still be held according to today’s schedule.

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