Student football

Student football

From Kompas

I am referring to the Kompas Oct. 29-31, 1994 issues about the Asian students football championship tournament. Unfortunately the final matches were not broadcasted on television. We have good reasons to be proud of the student players who achieved brilliant success.

The national (senior) team cannot beat South Korea, Thailand or other Asian countries, and in the recent Asian Games XIII in Hiroshima (Japan), Indonesia could only rank itself No 11 after Malaysia. The Sports Committee was disappointed and perplexed at this failure. There are rumors that Indonesia is exploring the possibility of cooperation with China to develop sports.

As a sports organizer I would like to raise this question: Why don't they take the example of the Ministry of Education and Culture and carry out a training program for the student players? With only six training centers in Indonesia, the result is encouraging. If every regency cares to provide a sports arena for extra curricular programs, potential young athletes could be recognized and in a matter of five to ten years quality sportsmen of desired standards could be produced.

T. RUCHIAT

Sukabumi, West Java