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Jakarta Acts to Avoid Stadium Trouble
Farouk Arnaz, Dessy Sagita & Dofa Fasila | December 29, 2010

It was only a matter of time before the prediction game popularized during the World Cup by German octopus Paul returned. Seaworld in Jakarta’s Ancol Park did it on Tuesday by asking Gudel, a female giant Pacific octopus there, to predict today’s AFF Suzuki Cup final second leg. She picked Indonesia to win, though she did not guess the score. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) It was only a matter of time before the prediction game popularized during the World Cup by German octopus Paul returned. Seaworld in Jakarta’s Ancol Park did it on Tuesday by asking Gudel, a female giant Pacific octopus there, to predict today’s AFF Suzuki Cup final second leg. She picked Indonesia to win, though she did not guess the score. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)
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Roland
1:09pm Dec 29, 2010

Hopefully there will be no injuries or worse after the game today! Chances are predictable high that Indonesia is not going to make it (although I am a mental supporter of the team, just for "patriotic" reasons though!)

I hope there will be no insulting blame game after the play about lasers and itchy powders around the goal!

You loose, it's okay as long as the performance was in good spirit and everyone in the team gave the best!

There will be always one winner and one loser in soccer!

langfordpeter
11:00am Dec 29, 2010

The chances of Indonesia winning 4:0 is very low but the chances of the fan going on a rampage, very high.


exbrit69
7:07am Dec 29, 2010

Why anyone would want to be treated like a sardine in a can never ceases to amaze me? You couldn't pay me enough money to be part of that crazy crowd.

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Intent on discouraging thousands of ticketless football fans descending on Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta officials are trying to persuade fans to watch tonight’s Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup final on hundreds of giant screens across the capital.
 
Officials are worried that masses of fans outside the stadium would heighten the chances of violence and chaos for the decisive second leg between Indonesia and Malaysia.  

Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo on Tuesday said that he had told the five mayors under him to hold nonton bareng, or “watching together,” events in their municipalities. “This will be much more fun and also much safer,” he said.   

At least 268 sites will screen the game, which starts at 7 p.m. North Jakarta will have the most neighborhood venues with large screens, North Jakarta Mayor Bambang Sugiono said, with at least 92 locations, including 50 in Cilincing subdistrict alone. 

Central Jakarta will have 60, West Jakarta 56, East Jakarta 34 and South Jakarta 26. In East Jakarta, large screens will be installed in the yard of the municipal hall and at two major bus terminals — Pulogadung and Kampung Rambutan — said the mayor, Murdhani.

In South Jakarta, Mayor Anas Effendi said large screens would be erected in 13 subdistricts, including  Tebet, Kecamatan Mampang Prapatan, Kecamatan Jagakarsa, Pesanggrahan, Setiabudi, Pasar Minggu, Cilandak and Pancoran.  

Also to discourage trouble at the stadium, there will be five checkpoints set up in East Jakarta to frisk groups of fans heading toward Senayan for prohibited items such as weapons, laser pointers and firecrackers.   

A tide of anger has risen among Indonesian fans in the past two days after Malaysians pointed laser lights into the eyes of Indonesian players during the first leg at Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Jalil Stadium, a match Indonesia lost 3-0.  

The National Police on Tuesday said it would add 1,000 officers to a combined 9,000 city, national and Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers already detailed to keep order during the match. 

The extra police will mostly be Brimob, National Police spokesman for general affairs Chief Comr. Boy Rafly Amar told reporters on Tuesday.  

Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen. Sutarman, who heads the security deployment, said on Monday that police were anticipating an attack on the visiting team by home fans, following the complaints about Malaysian fans’ behavior in Kuala Lumpur. 

He vowed police would ensure the safety of players, referees, officials, fans and invited guests from both countries.   

Adj. Comr. Kanton Pinem of the Jakarta Metro Police Traffic Management Center warned that Gate VII of Gelora Bung Karno, which faces Jalan Asia Afrika, would be closed to vehicles. 

Parking will also be prohibited on Jalan Asia Afrika and Jalan Gerbang Pemuda. Pinem urged football fans coming to the match to use public transportation rather than drive themselves.