Football: Indonesia submits FIFA its plan

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s football association has submitted to Fifa its plans to resolve a crisis sparked by the revival of a breakaway league in a bid to avoid sanctions. Football’s top governing body had asked Indonesia’s football association (PSSI) to resolve problems triggered by the unofficial elite league, the Super Liga, which has split the country’s best clubs. It had asked PSSI to resolve the issue in order to avoid sanctions, which may include banning Indonesia from the international football. The Indonesian association’s legal team submitted the report ‘on our plans to fix the football situation in Indonesia’ said a PSSI official. “We hope Fifa will be able to look at it in a comprehensive manner, consider our efforts and hopefully we can escape sanctions.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 21^st, 2012.