A man walks past a poster for the Indonesia 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup football tournament in Jakarta on March 30, 2023. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Indonesian social media was set ablaze early on Thursday (March 30) after world soccer’s governing body FIFA announced the removal of Indonesia as the host of the U-20 World Cup, with criticism and hate directed at politicians who propped up the resistance against the participation of the Israeli national team that eventually led to FIFA’s decision.
Despite a last-ditch attempt by new Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) chief Erick Thohir to lobby FIFA president Gianni Infantino in Doha on Wednesday, the federation announced in an official statement hours later that it had revoked Indonesia’s licence to host the tournament, without any mention of the Israel boycott.
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