Indonesian fans attack Thailand team bus
Hundreds of Indonesian fans surrounded the bus carrying Thai members. They shouted, used obscene gestures with the aim of overwhelming the spirit of the away team players. Not stopping there, foreign objects were thrown out, partially cracking the bus glass.
Thai League Central Twitter page specializing in Thai football asked the question: "Where is the security guard protecting the Thai team in this situation?".
Some videos taken by members of the Thai team show the bus carrying the team with only a police car leading the group, without security forces to disperse the crowd.
By affecting match safety, the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) is likely to face fines from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Southeast Asia (AFF).
At the 2016 AFF Cup, Vietnam was fined 38,000 USD (about 800 million VND) because some enthusiastic fans threw stones and broke the window of the bus carrying Indonesia at My Dinh Stadium, after the home team was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Gelora Bung Karno has a capacity of 80,000 seats and is considered the "fire pan" of world football. However, after the football tragedy that occurred in October at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Bung Karno was only allowed to receive a maximum of 25,000 spectators in the match against Cambodia and 40,000 spectators in the reception for Thailand.
In the press conference before the match yesterday, when asked about the pressure from the home fans, Thailand's coach Mano Polking was calm, even considering it as a driving force.
Having played two matches and won six points at the AFF Cup 2022, Thailand ranked ahead of Indonesia due to a better goal difference (+9 vs +8). The team that wins this match will almost certainly hold the top of Group A. In the last meeting, in the final of the AFF Cup 2020, Thailand won 4-0 in the first leg and drew 2-2 in the second leg against Indonesia to move up. throne.
Indonesian police said they would review the safety of matches before allowing the stadium to open to a full audience.
