“Football should not be considered just a sport. Football is the most popular sport in the world. Therefore, football is a competition to elevate the national pride,” he said.
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He hoped that the Indonesian national team can one day compete in the World Cup. “We should have a national determination that Indonesia must be able to get into the World Cup. There must be a will, don’t think of football as an ordinary sport,” he said. (un)