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Ticket-taka: Indonesia-Argentina match selling out
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Persija Jakarta soccer club fans crowd the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle on Dec. 9, 2018. (kompas.com/ Ardito Ramadhan D)
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he Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) announced on Tuesday that the day’s allotment of tickets for a friendly soccer match between the Indonesian and Argentinian national soccer teams had sold out within 5 minutes.
“Thank you so much for the enthusiasm, Garuda friends,” the PSSI posted on Twitter on Tuesday, with a reminder to keep a lookout for Wednesday, the last day of ticket sales.
An early ticket sale for Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) cardholders also saw great demand, selling out in under 15 minutes. The PSSI said it had provided 60,000 tickets for the match and that only 20,000 remained for Wednesday’s ticket sales.
The international friendly match is part of Argentina’s “Asia Tour”, which will see the team play against the Australian national soccer team in Beijing, China, on June 15 before a game with the Indonesian team at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Stadium in Jakarta on June 19.
The tour comes on the heels of Argentina winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and Indonesia winning the gold medal for men’s soccer at the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia for the first time since 1991.
“This is a great opportunity for Indonesian soccer to maintain its resurgence,” PSSI chief Erick Thohir said during a press conference on the Argentina match.
Argentina’s national team will bring most of its World Cup-winning squad on the tour, including famed striker Lionel Messi, who scored in a 2-1 win for Argentina at the World Cup final.
