RI soccer team heads to Australia for warm-up

RI soccer team heads to Australia for warm-up

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian soccer squad left the country on
Monday for a series of training and warm-up matches in Australia
as preparation for the Asian Cup championships.

The squad, which consists of 18 players, coach Danurwindo and
assistant manager Amri Lubis, will face a West Australian team in
Perth today.

The team is missing the services of Andi M. Teguh, assistant
coach of Danurwindo, who died on Saturday after suffering a heart
attack.

Indonesia will feature Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, Peri Sandria,
Widodo C. Putro, Eri Irianto, Ansyari Lubis, Aples G. Tecuari and
captain Fachry Husaini. They were members of the team which beat
Sampdoria 2-1 in Medan, North Sumatra, in May.

Antara reported that Indriyanto and Aji Santoso will have to
skip the match and will be replaced by Khairul Anwar and Suwandi
HS.

The West Australian team will feature, among others, Alan
McKenzy, who plays in the Scotland League, and goalkeeper Robert
Zabica, who has been capped by the national team 40 times. (yan)