Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Jakarta: Friday's AFC Futsal Club Championship 2018 Finals official draw on Friday saw Indonesia host team Vamos FC drawn with Dalian Yuan Dynasty of China PR, bringing a smile to livewire Bambang Bayu Saptaji.
The Vamos FC forward once played for the Chinese champions, assisting them to the Chinese Futsal League title in 2015, but returned to Indonesia to play for the Mataram-based club shortly after.
"Its a good draw result and I have a chance to meet Dalian as an opponent,” the 26-year-old told the-AFC.com.
“Dalian are a good team and I am expecting a good match.”
The player, however, doesn't believe his knowledge of Dalian will give Vamos an advantage.
“I only know a little bit about them now, because I haven’t played with them for awhile now (since 2015). I’m sure they have new players but I have a bit information on them.”
The tournament will be hosted in the city of Yogyakarta, and Bayu Saptaji wants the home fans to rally Vamos on come kick-off on August 1.
“We hope our supporters pray and give us positive support, and I promise that Vamos FC will do our best in the competition.”
Dalian team representative Zheng Xu said: “This will be our second appearance in the AFC Futsal Club Championship and we have never met the other teams competitively before.
“But we know that Japan’s Nagoya Oceans are strong and Indonesia as well. There are no weak teams in this group.