AFF to decide Mursyid's appeal

AFF to decide Mursyid's appeal

JAKARTA (JP): The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) will decide
whether to uphold a lifetime ban on Indonesian soccer player
Mursyid Effendi during an executive meeting in February in Kuala
Lumpur.

An Asian Football Confederation (AFC) meeting in Beirut last
month ruled to ban Mursyid for life from competition for
intentionally scoring an own goal in a Tiger Cup match against
Thailand in September.

The All Indonesian Soccer Federation (PSSI) secretary-general,
Nugraha Besoes, said on Wednesday that the sentence was valid
although AFC President Ahmad Syah and some representatives of
Association of Southeast Asian Nations did not attend the Beirut
meeting.

PSSI banned Mursyid from international duties for one year
while team manager Andrie Amien and coach Rusdy Bahalwan were
banned for two years each. (yan)