NOBARTV NEWS – Vietnamese media has again criticized Indonesian football. This time the Bekasi Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium was the target. The media said the stadium grass was below average.
As is known, on March 25 and 28, the Garuda Indonesia squad will host the African team Burundi National Team at the FIFA Matchday 2023. The squad coached by Shin Tae-yong will host Saido Berahino et al at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Bekasi, West Java.
The stadium was chosen due to an inspection carried out by PSSI Deputy General Chair Zainudin Amali. After checking the external and internal infrastructure, PSSI concluded that Patriot Stadium was the best venue that could be used at this time.
"After we carried out direct checks and discussions, we chose the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi as the location for the FIFA Match Day match against Burundi," said Zainudin Amali on March 13 yesterday.
“In terms of facilities, the Patriot Candrabaga Stadium is better prepared. Apart from that, there are also other supporting facilities such as parking, access, etc. Hopefully the match against Burundi will run smoothly, safely and Indonesian National team "We were able to achieve victory in order to increase our position in the FIFA rankings," added the man who is known to have been the Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sports.
However, the stadium that will be used has received criticism from Vietnamese media. The media is The Thao. The Thao said the quality of Patriot Stadium was below average. He concluded this based on the experience of the Vietnam youth team when playing in AFF Cup U-19 last year. At that time, the U-19 Vietnam National Team played at the Patriot Stadium, Candrabhaga Bekasi. The Thao said, The Young Golden Stars Warriors squad (the nickname of Vietnam's youth national team) felt many limitations when playing there.
"Patriot Stadium is also the venue for the 19 AFF U-2022 Cup. The Vietnam U-19 national team also feels many limitations," wrote The Thao in its report.
"Specifically, according to the description of the Vietnam U-19 National Team at that time, the quality here was acceptable while the grounds and fields were large, but the quality of the grass surface was below average," continued the media.
Previously, another media from Vietnam, namely Soha VN, made similar criticism when the Garuda squad hosted the Curacao National Team at the FIFA Matchday event. At that time, one of the venues used, namely the Pakansari Cibinong Bogor Stadium, received criticism from the media. Soha said that the national team's home ground was like a district (sub-district) level stadium. In that sense, Soha considers the Pakansari stadium unfit to be used to hold international matches.
"The Indonesian national team used a 'district level' soccer field to welcome the American team," wrote Soha VN in the title of his report.
"In the Rans Nusantara match against Persik Kediri in the Indonesian League, the Pakansari Stadium was flooded and there were many spots of standing water after the rain," continued Soha.
"And this stadium is the venue for the friendly match between Indonesia and Curacao on September 27," concluded the media.
Nguyen is so stupid
Bacot Nguyen doesn't see what their own field is like
Nguyen doesn't have a mirror at home or anything