Recently, Vocket FC revealed that the Indonesian Football Federation spent an unbelievable amount of money to invite the Argentina team to play a friendly match.
The Argentina team is about to have a friendly match against Indonesia
The number given by this newspaper is about 16 million USD (about 376 billion VND). In addition, there are many other fees.
According to reports, PSSI spent 70 billion Rupiah, equivalent to 16 million USD (about 376 billion VND) to organize the match against the Argentina team.
Even this cost does not include expenses related to the logistics of the match, as well as the world champion's accommodation and meals," the newspaper said.
This means that the actual amount that PSSI spends for this friendly match is even higher.
This is a rather surprising revelation because many sources previously said that the land of ten thousand islands spent about 5 million euros (117 billion VND) to play a friendly with the South American team.
Up to now, the heads of PSSI are still keeping quiet about the financial issues to organize this historic match.
"Don't talk about money issues around this game, we're not poor, so don't talk like we're poor.
I affirm that PSSI is working professionally and transparently. The match between Indonesia and Argentina cannot be measured in money.
We do everything for the country, not for the money. PSSI will have an annual audit, I will notify everyone after we complete the audit,” PSSI President Erick Thohir announced.
As planned, the match between Indonesia and Argentina will take place on June 19 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta (Indonesia).
