Indonesia sought to leave the Southeast Asian Football Federation
President Mochamad Iriawan today confirmed to Indonesian media that PSSI contacted the Eaff leader to discuss this organization. "We will discuss carefully, and cannot decide immediately," Bolasport quoted Iriawan. "Maybe Eaff will be happy to receive Indonesia. But we will have to calculate the advantages and risks."
East Asia Football Federation (EAFF) has 10 members including China, Taiwan, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Korea, Macau, Mongolia and the Northiana Northern Islands. Eaff is holding the East Asia Championship in Japan, with four teams attending Japan, Korea, China and Hong Kong.
IriaWan also said that PSSI has not received a response from AFF about Indonesia's complaint in the Southeast Asia U19 tournament ending on July 15. They have complained for a week, and still wait for the AFF's ruling. "The process must take place in accordance with the procedure, and was considered by the Discipline Committee," he said. "We are still waiting for the best decision from AFF to consider it a lesson."
The source from the 1-1 draw between Vietnam and Thailand at the end of the group stage on July 10. The above results are enough for the two teams to continue, and indirectly the host of Indonesia. Therefore, Vietnam and Thailand played for the last 10 minutes, making Indonesia angry. PSSI immediately complained to AFF because they thought that Vietnam and Thailand had lacked fair-play. Indonesian public opinion also called on PSSI to withdraw from AFF to join Eaff immediately.
When Vietnam and Thailand collapsed in the semi -finals, Indonesian public opinion was very gloating. In the third match, Vietnam lowered Thailand 5-3 in the penalty shootout. And Malaysia won the championship after winning Laos 2-0 in the final.
Indonesia is one of the six AFF founding countries in 1984, with Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Brunei. Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia joined this organization in 1996, then to Timor Leste (2004) and Australia (2013).
Indonesia has reached the AFF Cup six times, but has never won.
