Pre-season Tour, Juventus Coming to Indonesia

In a series of pre-season tour to Southeast Asia, Juventus will play against the stars of the Indonesian Super League

The Old Lady have arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, Monday (04/08/2014) night. They boarded a charter flight advance Silk Air with transit in Singapore. Had reportedly will land at 21.00 pm, the new Juventus arrived about an hour later.

Juventus have held a press conference on Tuesday (08/05/2014) afternoon and will be field tested the Bung Karno Stadium in the evening. They will compete against ISL All-Star on Wednesday (6/8).

The arrival of winning the Scudetto in a row in the last three seasons is greeted by supporters. The enthusiasm of the Juventus in Indonesia could be felt since the plane carrying Juve have not landed in Jakarta. Hundreds of supporters came to Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, carrying the attributes of each on Monday (08/05/2014).

The Juventus in Indonesia also shows his passion in a Juve stay, Hotel Four Seasons, in the Kuningan area. They filled this hotel since last night until today.

Juve fans know very well the magnitude of the base they have in Indonesia. They also hope to respond with an entertaining performance in the game against ISL All-Stars at the Gelora Bung Karno on Wednesday (08/06/2014) tomorrow.
"Yesterday we saw the fans are so enthusiastic waiting for players to come," said Head of Global Partnerships Juve, Nicola Verdun, in a press conference at the Four Seasons, Tuesday (5/8).

"We hope to give a great show tomorrow. We're here to practice because we have to prepare for the new season," he added.

In the homeland, Juventus will face the stars of the Indonesian Super League. In the team's first training session, of the 18 names were called, the new 10 which follows the session. The ten names are: Reinaldo Lobo, Novan Setya, Syahroni, Kurnia Meiga, Raphael Maitimo, Lanciné Koné, Christian Gonzalez, Zulkifli Syukur, Gustavo Lopez and Esteban Vizcarra.

While the rest, Hashim Kipuw, Emmanuel Kenmogne, Ricardo Salampessy, vendry mofu, Shohei Matsunaga, Teguh Amirudin, Hashim Kipuw, and Fachrudin, has not been seen in the field.

ISL star team that will be handled by Stefan Hansson, the Swedish coach who is now coached Mitra Kukar.

Objections of the Local Team

The match between Juventus and Star Indonesia Super League lasted only a few days before the domestic league starts. On June 12 to July 31, Liga Super Indonesia had vacuum circuit coincides with the presidential election of the Republic of Indonesia on the grounds of security factors.

Coinciding with the start of the ISL, some team players called up to face Juventus Hansson and cautioned the committee about the physical condition of players.

One of them came from Rahmat Darmawan, the architect of the club Persebaya. Sriwijaya coach ever coached, Persija and Persipura requested that three players were summoned by the pickpocket Ijo Hansson only revealed one round only.

The reasons put forward by Rahmat is fitness. Because Persebaya will be away to the cage Persiram on August 9, 2014 at the Stadium Maguwoharjo, Sleman.

Three players Persebaya called by Hansson is Ricardo Salampessy, Hashim Kipuw and striker Emmanuel Kenmogne.