“So this, a positive thing when Indonesia develops football, also cooperates with many parties from other countries who believe Indonesian football can rise and of course it was conveyed earlier that FIFA will also be present at the end of this month, to check again all preparations for the proposed stadium facilities for U-17,” he said.

According to him, especially for Solo City, it was ready to be used for the U-20 World Cup but FIFA will still double-check.

Meanwhile, the selection of U-17 national team players held at the Sriwedari Stadium in Solo has been followed by as many as 280 players and they are mostly from soccer schools in the Greater Solo area. Solo is one of the places to select U-17 national team players from a total of 12 cities that organize.

“So the team that was formed, actually the team already exists AFF U-16, but of course there are age factors and others, so we are recruiting talents again in 12 cities. Of course we realize there is no competition. But, I believe that yesterday the U-19 women’s national team had very minimal preparation, there was no competition, but they could penetrate the semifinals of the AFF’s first history,” he said.

This means that Indonesia has good talent but must be nurtured. Therefore, the training camp is now four months long and this continues to be recruited as well as talents from 12 cities. Diaspora from six players selected two later let the coaching team announce and then call six more diaspora. So all the best Indonesian talents who are in other places want to join.