Hekari United Puji Stadion Papua Lukas Enembe

JAYAPURA - Tim Hekari United FC (Papua Nugini) yang baru saja tiba di Kota Jayapura, Selasa (15/8/2023) malam, sudah melakukan uji coba lapangan pada Rabu (16/8/2023) sore.

Manajer Hekari FC, Vonnie Kapi Netto pun takjub dengan rumput lapangan serta fasilitas yang menjadi tempat laga persahabatan antara timnya dengan Papua Indonesia Select. 

Stadion Lukas Enembe, menurut dia, sangat istimewa dan megah hingga membuat seluruh pemain sangat bersemangat melakoni pertandingan debut dengan tim Papua dalam rangka memperingati HUT ke-78 Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia.

"Ini pertama kalinya kami ke sini, fasilitas (Stadion Lukas Enembe dan rumputnya) luar biasa," kata Vonnie di Jayapura.

Pelatih Hekari United, Erickson mengaku senang timnya bisa mendapatkan kesempatan bertanding dengan klub sepak bola di Indonesia (Papua).

Hal demikian karena menurut dia, sepakbola di Papua perkembangannya yang sangat baik dan terkenal hingga mancanegara, khususnya klub Persipura Jayapura. 

"Saya bersyukur bisa menjadi bagian klub ini, kami ke sini tidak hanya untuk persahabatan tapi menunjukkan bahwa kami juga punya kemampuan dalam sepakbola. Kami senang sekali karena ini pertama kalinya kami perjalanan ke luar negeri. Kami sudah siap untuk bertanding besok" ucap dia.

Sementara Mettu Duaramuri, Pelatih yang menangani tim Papua Indonesia Select bersama Eduard Ivakdalam, menyatakan tim putra telah menyiapkan skuad sejak sebulan lalu demi memberikan pertandingan yang menarik pada laga persahabatan itu.

"Kami sudah siap untuk memberikan pertandingan terbaik. Ini adalah pertandingan yang bersejarah dan kami sudah siapkan tim dengan sebaik-baiknya,” katanya.

Ketua Panitia Pelaksana Pertandingan Persahabatan Papua Indonesia Select vs Hekari United FC, Elia Loupatty memastikan kesiapan perangkat pertandingan sudah 100 persen. Sementara pertandingan tersebut akan dipimpin oleh wasit dari PSSI.

Hanya saja pada pertandingan itu, pihaknya menekankan kepada para penonton agar dapat menjaga keamanan dan kebersihan Stadion Lukas Enembe. 

"Saya imbau kepada masyarakat untuk tidak merokok dan makan pinang di dalam area stadion," ucap ia. ***

JAYAPURA - The Hekari United FC (Papua New Guinea) team, which has just arrived in Jayapura City, Tuesday (15/8/2023) night, has conducted field trials on Wednesday (16/8/2023) afternoon.

Hekari FC manager, Vonnie Kapi Netto was amazed by the field grass and facilities that became the venue for a friendly match between her team and Papua Indonesia Select.

Lukas Enembe Stadium, according to her, is very special and magnificent to make all players very excited to play a debut match with the Papuan team in commemoration of the 78th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia.

"It's our first time here, the facilities (Lukas Enembe Stadium and the grass) are amazing," Vonnie said in Jayapura.

Hekari United coach, Erickson admitted that he was happy that his team could get the opportunity to compete with football clubs in Indonesia (Papua).

According to him, football in Papua has very good development and is famous in foreign countries, especially the Persipura Jayapura club.

"I'm grateful to be part of this club, we're here not only for friendship but to show that we've got what we're capable of in football. We are very happy because it is our first time traveling abroad. We are ready to play tomorrow," he said.

Meanwhile, Mettu Duaramuri, the coach who handled the Papua Indonesia Select team with Eduard Ivakdalam, stated that the men’s team had prepared the squad a month ago to provide an interesting match in the friendly match.

"We’re ready to give the best match. It's a historic match and we've prepared the team as well as we can," he said.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Papua Indonesia Select vs Hekari United FC Friendly Match, Elia Loupatty ensured that the readiness of the match equipment was 100 percent. The match will be led by a referee from PSSI.

It's just that at the match, his party emphasized to the spectators to maintain the safety and cleanliness of Lukas Enembe Stadium.

"I appeal to the public not to smoke and eat areca nut inside the stadium area," he said. ***