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This picture taken on Oct. 1 shows tear gas released by police among people crowded in the stands
after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East
Java. (AFP/STR)
'God's intervention'
Experts say that the bad blood between Arema and Persebaya Surabaya is really to do
with the rivalry between East Java's two biggest cities, Malang and Surabaya. But there is a
glimmer of hope that something good may come out of one of the worst disasters in football
history. "This is the momentum for all supporters to realise that football is about supporting
your favourite team and not about hating the rival team," the commentator Kusnaeni said. "The
supporters must change their philosophy." The owners of Persebaya Surabaya and Arema have
communicated with each other to discuss the rivalry. Fan representatives also met. "Maybe this
is God's intervention to unite the supporters of Arema with Persebaya," Danny Agung Prasetyo,
coordinator of the Arema DC supporter group, told AFP.
References
This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "Indonesia football faces pivotal
moment after Kanjuruhan disaster - Sports - The Jakarta Post". Click to
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moment-after-kanjuruhan-disaster.html.
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