Sunday, February 22, 2026
Persib Shut Parts Of Stadium
Persib have responded to the events at the end of the AFC Champions League tie when fans climbed security fences and ran on the pitch.
The club have decided to shut those parts of the ground from which the invaders came. Typical sticking plaster reaction. What's needed is improved security and stewarding in tandem with harsh punishments from those who do run on the pitch.
Indonesian football seems unable to deal with issues of security at games. The response to the Kanjuruhan tragedy when more than 130 fans died trying to escape being tear-gassed by security? Ban away fans. Even though that particular game had no away fans!
Decades of sanctions like playing behind closed doors or shutting down parts of the stadium only work - until the next time.
Last time I checked, it wasn't inanimate parts of the stadium that ran on the pitch, it was people, but as usual, it's the guilty who get away unpunished
# posted by Me @ 11:13 PM 
