Imagine, a successful final ever plucked a red and white senior national team before the AFF Cup in 2008 with a score of 4-0 over Cambodia.
Just as an Nurdin Halid who still faced the wall though has been pushed down everywhere, so the fall soccer Indonesian achievement that would not go up, despite the (supposedly) a variety of answers have been sought and many steps have been taken.
One solution which is then pushed to the surface is the naturalization of foreign players. The names like Tobias Waisapy, Johnny van Beukering, and Raphael Guillermo Eduardo Maitomo was flying as candidates, the foreign players who would be imported PSSI. Besides them, there is also Sergio van Dijk, Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan, Jeffrey de Vischer, Alessandro Trabucco, Irfan Bachdim, and some more names that should be persuaded to become a citizen of Indonesia.
Today, naturalization in the world of football is no longer a new thing. Look, how the European countries that also relies on football champions import players in national teams. But the problem, the naturalization PSSI is already branded as a shortcut to boost achievement. This step is considered an instant, no more frustration from the failure of the coaching system is PSSI, if not desperate measures the general chairman of his own. Even more nervous again, all the foreign players who were targeted are those who have Indonesian blood descendants overseas, mainly from the Netherlands. Consequently, the pros and cons also appear.
What is the naturalization of foreign players is needed PSSI?
In the French team for the 2010 World Cup for example, there were approximately 13 players naturalization strengthen Les Bleus, who incidentally is repeated four years before in Germany. Not be denied if the services and achievements thanks to the descendants of immigrants and naturalized players like Zinedine Zidane (Algeria), Patrick Veira (Senegal), Lilian Thuram (Guadeloupe), or Thierry Hendry (Guadeloupe-Martinique) that, France managed to dominate the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 and won the 2006 World Cup runner-up.
Even Germany is famous with egoism "Deustch über Alles", the more accustomed to be met by national team players including the naturalization of immigrants who are often seen as a source of expense and trouble. Call it a descendant of Tunisia Sami Khedira, cacao from newly naturalized Brazilian in 2009, Denis Aogo (Nigeria), Jerome Boateng (Ghana), until a Mesut Oezil (Turkey), which soared as the new star in South Africa. In Asia, Japan and Singapore were among the most diligent conduct naturalization of foreign players.
But they do not naturalization carelessly and as easy as we imagine. Moreover, European countries are known to have roots long enough racism in maintaining the purity of blood. Is not before the decade of the 90s, there are still common in the setting of racial streotipe position players? Where a central position as goalkeeper, Sweeper, or the striker is always filled by white players who are considered to have higher intelligence than black players.
At present, naturalized French footballer was actually not without problems, although the players and immigrant naturalization has a lot to prove his achievements under the banner of Les Bleus. When to host the 1998 World Cup as an example, right-wing politician Jean-Marie Le Pen had attacked the coach Aime Jacquet because it considers the portion given to the descendants of immigrants in the national team players are too broad. For people like Le Pen: 'The French original was the one who knew about defending the country. "
Dignity of the nation and self-interest
Perhaps fears of Le Pen is not entirely wrong. Always terbersit naturalization anxiety if the players will not play wholeheartedly defend his new country. Because, in addition to football has long been a part of diplomacy and the pride of a nation, in this globalization era of nationalism and identity can be so pliable by economic power.
Therefore, the meaning is different from any citizen of the nation. Understanding people is not just paperwork, comply with applicable laws, pay taxes, or carry the same rights and obligations. Because of this, the government and the French people never question the love for Zidane in Algeria and its dual passport. Nobody could accuse Brazilian Liedson, Pepe, Deco as "Malin Kundang" because they chose to defend Portugal. No problem for the Dutch when Giovanni van Bronchost, the captain, recognizes Indonesia as the country his ancestors with pride. What matters is how they perform brilliantly, and it the name the team that defended the country.
Because in the era of globalization, citizenship could be just a matter of self-interest: "What will I get if I defend your country?" So here, which applies is the law of economics; case-benefit. Thus naturalization none other market issues.
Meanwhile: "A country is not just land and houses. A country is faces, legs to anchor in the earth, memories, smells that wafted in childhood, a patch of field of dreams, a fortune in the direction of hidden treasures behind mountain, "was a Berber village girl in the novel Baisses Yeux, by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan Muslim writers who write in French-Goenawan Mohamad was quoted as saying in a note Fringe.
So, I think it would be naive if PSSI (or Nurdin Halid?) Was so determined to naturalization of foreign players in European Indonesian descent and sincerely hope they still have little sense of love of the land of their ancestors. While in a time long enough, residents of Chinese descent in this country ever be "bumiputera" out in a discriminatory, ranging from forced to change its name to the culture deprived.
If naturalization is seen as a solution qualified for the national football interests and dignity of the Indonesian people, in my opinion is more questionable is the matter of how far the quality of the players that target. Given the names on the list of candidates in a bind PSSI dubious achievements-his work, and mostly just play in the clubs under division landless. Even their names were barely audible before. So, why are half-hearted search for a foreign player? Why naturalization of foreign players if their ability is not much different from our local players?
Of course, we already understand that the answer is a question back: Is there a classmate van Bronchost players willing to play for the national team that ranked Indonesia 131 FIFA, just because his parents came from the Moluccas?
Do not get a sense of frustration at football achievements make us dream in broad daylight. Europe with the prestigious league-league is the dream of every professional footballer. A lot of money, prestige, tight and berbobotnya flood of competition is the main reason soccer stars who play in various major league English, Spanish, or Italian. Included in the switch here to defend European citizenship.
The things that make a cacao so choose to play for Germany than the country of Brazil. Or Mauro Camoranesi Italy decided to strengthen the squad rather than competing with Argentina's national team, the country of his birth. In the 2010 World Cup, there are at least about 10 non-bleeding players who choose to defend Germany's Der Panzer, despite the fact they were able to defend the team his own country if they wish.
In addition, the number of naturalized players in the French team for example is fairly natural thing, if we refer to the history of this country. Because since the republic was not so, France has become the destination of migration from various countries, especially the Dark Continent and the Caribbean. "Naturalization is rooted in this country. However, it does not mean there are players who qualified native French," said Eric Abidal who bleed Martinique.
Similarly, Germany is flooded with waves of migrant workers (gastarbeiter) Turkey after World War II. Mesut Oezil is this second-generation Turkish immigrant who was born in Gelsenkirchen industrial area.
Another with the story Jong Tae-se, young stars of North Korea. Jong was born from parents bloody South Korean living in Japan. He was born in Nagoya, Japan, March 2, 1984 and never played in North's domestic competition. Joining it to the North squad was not easy. Jong Tae-se decided to defend North Korea after the communist country witnessed the defeat of Japan in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. He then went to North Korean embassy in Japan and begging citizenship. But the application is rejected because North Korea did not acknowledge the existence of the South. It was only then thanks to the help of Chongryon, a pro-North Korea organization, he finally got the passport. Syahdan, Jong Tae-se option to defend North Korea because he felt a bond after his education in college who founded the country.
Ah, back on PSSI plan naturalization of foreign players to boost the achievement of Indonesian descent, it seems we still have to wait for proof of how far the results on the AFF Cup, 1 to 29 December next, in which Indonesia became co-host Vietnam. After the failure to step into the Asian Cup, AFF Cup is a target of at least that proclaimed PSSI for achievement in the region. Coach Alfred Riedl was contracted until 2012 ketimpa this task is not easy, considering that Indonesia join in group A which is quite heavy with Thailand and Malaysia.
I do not know. For a while we probably can only pray.
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