Indonesia, do you love watching soccer? If you do, we have a great news for you. Soon the national team U-22 will do an international match in Bali. It is said that they will have a match with an elite European football club. This match will start near the end of May to the early of June 2017. It is PSSI who plans to hold this event. They prepare it as a part of SEA Games 2017.
As we said before, the match will be held in Bali. It is at Gianyar District to be exact. But, who will be the opponent? Truth to be told, there is no official confirmation about it. Indonesian National Team Head of Department, Gede Widiade, has been asked about it. Unfortunately, he did not want to tell the detail. He only mentioned that they are from European Club, and they will play either on May 25 or 26.
Rumor has it that it is Hertha Berlin that will compete with the team. This is an elite club from Bundesliga or Germany League. Actually, the CEO of Nine Sport, Arif Putra Wicaksono, has confirmed that there will be 3 European Clubs coming to Indonesia. Those are Hertha Berlin (Germany), Feyenoord (Netherlands), and Saint Etienne (France). He brought these clubs in order to hold a trial match with 3 national team in Indonesia. The teams are Bali United, Persib Bandung, and Team U-22. Looking at this fact means that the rumor might be true that the national team will fight against Hertha Berlin. Even if it is wrong, at least we are still able to enjoy watching the match between Indonesian team with the other two clubs. What you can do for now is wait until the big day comes.
Meanwhile, after doing this trial, team U-22 plans to go to Spain after Eid Al-Fitr. They actually supposed to go there on this April 15. But, they have to reschedule it since they failed to join the Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) which will come on May 2017. This team will be training for one month in this matador country. This is their preparation before dealing with the Qualification of Asian Cup on the upcoming July 2018. After finishing their one-month training in Spain, they will continue their journey to Thailand. They will start the qualification match there before leaving for SEA Games.
Besides doing trial match with the European club, Team U-22 has another plan on doing same match with national team from Argentina. If there is no obstruction, you can watch this match on the upcoming June 13, 2017.
As we can see, Indonesian National Team U-22 is really busy in preparing themselves for the Qualification of Asian Cup 2018. They already have so many plans for several matches. At the moment, if you are a fan of this team and want to watch their performance, then you can go to their trial match with the European club in Bali.
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