Indonesian soccer failure<\/p>\n
From Republika<\/p>\n
Usually when Indonesia's national soccer team is sent to take
\npart in an international competition at a level higher than that
\nof South East Asia, the coach and the members of the executive
\nboard of the All Indonesia Soccer Association (PSSI) will say
\nthat the national team will only seek experience or that their
\nopponents are a level or two higher. If these words are repeated
\nevery time our national team goes to a competition abroad, PSSI
\nshould not bother to go to the trouble of organizing the costly
\nnational competition, especially as regards maintaining the
\nsecurity system and preventing hooliganism during the
\ncompetition.<\/p>\n
It is now time for the executive board of PSSI to stop making
\nsuch statements. Once sent to a competition, the whole team must
\naim at one single thing: victory. If later the national team has
\nto lose a match against a stronger soccer team, do not try to
\nfind excuses (saying, for example, that our footballers are more
\nslightly built than other players).<\/p>\n
Once in a football match, the team must only do their best.
\nThey must remember not to be on the defensive all the time
\nbecause victory depends on how good your attack is. Playing
\nfootball is not like fighting in a battle in which there is a
\nrisk of losing your life. Rather than playing defensively simply
\nto avoid goals, it would be better for our players to attack and
\nattack.<\/p>\n
Please discard any quasi-modest and pseudo-wise attitudes as
\nwell as the fear that one will be blamed for the failure of the
\nnational soccer team.<\/p>\n
ODIH JUANDA<\/p>\n
Karawang, West Java<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesian-soccer-failure-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }