Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: It all began in Jakarta 25 years ago. A meeting between prominent Indonesian businessman Aburizal Bakrie and Italian counterpart Enrico Ercolani resulted in one of the most unlikely stories in the continent’s footballing history.
With heavy links to Italian giants Sampdoria, Ercolani returned home to inform club president Paolo Mantovani of Indonesia’s desire to learn, in some way, from Italy’s football culture in order to develop into a side able to challenge for a place at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Sampdoria’s rise
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