Below is the link on the blog of football lovers of Persija, the Jakarta Football Club. Orange is the blog’s trademark, similar to the jersey of Persija as well as the fans, Jakmania. The blog ranks 4 out of 10 in google page rank, which will continue to grow if Persija wins more tournaments especially overseas. There is a list of Persija and its fans songs in the blog, like Ayo Maju that has inspired me to create my blog domain name Ayo Jakarta.
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Categories: ENGLISH EDITION · Jakarta · sepakbola
Oh my! What an embarrassing defeat. What is happening to this team. After a very good performance in the 2007 Asian Cup, winning 2-1 against Bahrain, and only losing 0-1 to South Korea and 1-2 to Saudi Arabia, now it lost easily 1-4 in the first leg and 0-7 to Syria in the second leg of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. I can imagine that Syrian players were very satisfied as they could send our team back home humiliated.
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Matheos Viktor Messakh,
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Indonesia faces an uphill battle to go through at the 2010 soccer World Cup pre-qualifying session after losing 4-1 to Syria on Friday in a repeat of their 2006 Asian Games meeting.
The national side headed into Friday’s clash optimistic about avenging their 4-1 defeat in December during the Asiad in Doha.
That optimism was quickly knocked out of them as Indonesia’s defenders made a string of sloppy mistakes that cost their side dearly.
Playing before a half-full 80,000-seat Bung Karno Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta, the Indonesian side looked nothing like the team that wowed fans during the Asian Cup three months ago. (more…)
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Matheos Viktor Messakh
The Jakarta Post/Jakarta
Indonesia is banking on better preparation to avoid a repeat of its loss to Syria at the 2006 Doha Asian Games during their 2010 World Cup pre-qualifying match here on Friday.
“The players are in their best form for the match,” national team assistant coach Syamsuddin Umar said Thursday, adding that the team only had one friendly in the past two weeks.
Indonesia, ranked 125th by world soccer authority FIFA, fell to Syria 4-1 in Doha in December.
Umar said the team has learned from the video of Syria’s matches against Afghanistan and Iran.
“Syrian players tend to be very offensive, but once they miss the ball they immediately turn defensive. To overcome this, we will rely on player’s individual skills and tell them to cross the ball.
“Basically, their type of playing is 3-5-2 but they can move into 1-4-5 when they are under pressure.”
Syria’s head of delegation Tajjudin Fairuz said his team did not have enough time to prepare for the match because he was not told about it by the Asian Football Confederation until Nov. 2.
“We received the information about the match in Indonesia just a week after coming back from Tajikistan. We’ve barely been able to prepare for the match. The only preparation was the immigration process to travel here,” he said.
Syria, ranked 126th by FIFA, reached the second round of World Cup pre-qualifying after defeating Afghanistan 2-1 in Damascus and 2-0 in Tajikistan. Meanwhile, Indonesia got a free ticket after Guam’s withdrawal. (Photo from htp://www.pssi-football.com/id/nationalteam.php)
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Minggu, 6 Agustus
Jangan sampai dilewatkan big match antara Persija melawan PSIS di Copa Dji Sam Soe Hari Selasa, tanggal 8 Agustus 2006 di Stadion Lebak Bulus, Jakarta leg kedua. Di Leg pertama di Stadion Jatidiri Semarang, PSIS kalah 1-0.
Dua - duanya aku suka karena aku lahir di Jawa Tengah dan sekarang tinggal di Jakarta. Persija kusuka karena kaosnya mirip dengan kaos tim Belanda oranye.
Kalau dari segi permainan janganlah berharap banyak dari tim - tim Indonesia. Tapi dari segi hiburan dan prestise, sepakbola tetap nomor satu bagaimanapun jeleknya.
Tahun lalu Persija cuma berhasil jadi runner up untuk Liga Indonesia dan Copa Dji Sam Soe. Tahun ini untuk Liga, Persija lolos ke delapan besar tapi gagal juara, sementara PSIS lolos ke final tapi kalah lawan Persik Kediri.
So nonton yuk. Tentu saja hati-hati di keramaian dan bersiap - siaplah kalau ada tawuran antar supporters.
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World Cup Stadium in Seoul (left is my picture, center is taken from www.flickr.com/photos/mikeswe, right is from www.flickr.com/photos/mikali)
Cukup relevan membandingkan Stadium kebanggaan orang Korea in dengan Senayan ( Stadion Gelora Bung Karno) yang tengah berbenah menjadi tuan rumah piala asia 2007
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Sebetulnya dari segi kapasitas penonton, Gelora Bung Karno tetap unggul karena bisa menampung 110,000 penonton, sementara World Cup Stadium cuma 64,000 penonton. Tapi dari segi kenyamanan menonton, World Cup Stadium jauh lebih unggul. Liat saja tempat duduknya, belum lagi ada mall carrefour, cinema, foodcourt di koridor Stadium, dan tempat parkir yang lebih nyaman.
Kebayang nggak ya kalo di Gelora Bung Karno ada mall, pasti akan mudah dirusak para supporter fanatik yang bisa berubah beringas sewaktu waktu.
Yang membuat sepakbola kita khas memang supporter yang selalu bernyanyi menari nari sepanjang pertandingan, sesuatu yang jarang ada di negara lain.
Dua saja keunggulan kita, stadion yang sangat besar dan pendukung fanatik. Soal prestasi dan yang lainnya masih jauh tertinggal kita. Banyak ya PR kita.
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Ayo Jakarta, Kamu bisa Soccer Lovers
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The Economist
