(The Jakarta Post) and the Philippine Fox Sport website revealed yesterday that the matches of the second phase of the joint World Cup 2022 qualifiers and the Asian Cup 2023, which were scheduled for this month, were carried over to next October, in light of fears of the outbreak of the Corona virus emerging (Coved 19) ), Which has spread to a number of Asian countries, and has caused many sports activities to be postponed and canceled, along with strict travel procedures.
The newspaper quoted senior sources in the Indonesian Football Association confirmed the news officially, but indicated that it will be announced officially in the coming hours.
According to the news published in the Indonesian newspaper, the matches of the UAE soccer team, which were expected to receive the Malaysia national team on the 26th of this month, were postponed, and then he will go out to meet Indonesia on the 31st of the same month, as the new date for the White match with Malaysia has become on the eighth of next October. , While he will meet Indonesia in Jakarta on the 13th of it. It is noteworthy that the International Football Association (FIFA) announced yesterday, also, that it proposed to postpone the next matches in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup Finals, due to the danger of the spread of the new Corona virus, which is an introduction to officially postpone the matches.
In a statement, the International Confederation confirmed, after its meeting with the AFC, that it would send a "proposal to postpone the upcoming qualifying matches" to the local federations. On the other hand, the Emirates Football Association did not issue any press statement in this regard. Al-Abyad suffers in the Group Seven ranking, as it occupies the fourth place with six points, while Vietnam leads the group with 11 points, compared to nine points for Malaysia II, and eight points for the third team of Thailand, and Indonesia append the group without balance.
The spread of the Corona virus has negatively affected several sporting events in the world, especially in Asia, where the virus first appeared in China, before expanding to countries such as South Korea, Japan, Iran, Bahrain, Kuwait, etc., and then to Europe, where Italy is one of the most affected countries.
And the virus caused the postponement of the third round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League, in addition to matches in the AFC Cup competition until next April or May, in addition to the General Assembly of the Continental Federation.
The Asian Confederation announced last Monday that representatives of member national federations and clubs in the East Asian region agreed in Kuala Lumpur to set new dates for the knockout round matches in the Champions League, in order to allow space for the completion of matches postponed from the group stage in the competition, due to the outbreak of the Corona virus. . An emergency meeting of representatives of the West Asia region will be held tomorrow in Dubai.
- The new date for my national team match against Malaysia and Indonesia