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        "id": 1612022,
        "msgid": "national-team-convenes-after-eid-diaspora-players-fly-via-singapore-1773420959",
        "date": "2026-03-13 23:07:09",
        "title": "National team convenes after Eid, diaspora players fly via Singapore",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Indonesian national football team will gather after Eid celebrations to prepare for the FIFA Series 2026, with the tournament scheduled to take place at Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on 27 and 30 March. Overseas-based players will be routed through Singapore rather than the Middle East to reach Indonesia, according to PSSI Executive Committee member Arya Sinulingga. Coach John Herdman has called up 41 provisional squad members, comprising 24 domestic players from the BRI Super League and 17 foreign-based players.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2013 Arya Sinulingga, a member of the PSSI Executive Committee,\nhas disclosed that Indonesian national team players will assemble for\nthe FIFA Series 2026 after Eid celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Arya, this decision was made to allow Muslim players in\nthe Indonesian national team to celebrate Eid with their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously after Eid,\u201d Arya said whilst attending the launch event of\nIndonesia\u2019s new national team jersey in collaboration with Kelme at the\nGelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBKS) in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA Series 2026, where Indonesia will host proceedings at GBKS,\nwill see the nation face Saint Kitts and Nevis on 27 March, followed by\na match against either Bulgaria or the Solomon Islands on 30 March.<\/p>\n<p>For this tournament, coach John Herdman has called up 41 provisional\nsquad members, consisting of 24 players competing in the BRI Super\nLeague and 17 players with careers abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Players from Europe are planned to travel to Indonesia via Singapore,\navoiding transit through the Middle East region such as the United Arab\nEmirates and Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flight route via Singapore is possible, of course it is\npossible. You can definitely transit through Singapore. That is the\nclosest route,\u201d Arya explained. \u201cIf you go through other options, Japan\nwould be too far away. Singapore is the closest option. Going through\nthe Middle East would be difficult.\u201d<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/national-team-convenes-after-eid-diaspora-players-fly-via-singapore-1773420959",
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