Sunday (18/12/2011) afternoon, Arema Indonesia's second home match in the Indonesian Premier League (IPL) competition against Persibo Bojonegoro will take place. As with the previous home match, the team with the lion's head logo will be supported by tens of thousands of its fanatic supporters, Aremania in the stands of the Gajayana stadium in Malang city.
Aremania support will later support their favorite team when hosting their guest Persibo. This is in contrast to the Persibo camp which will not be supported by its fanatical supporters, Boromania. Boromania are not allowed to come to the stadium using attributes.
This was conveyed by Persibo manager, Nur Yahya during a press conference with journalists at the Arema Indonesia office, Jalan Jakarta 48, Malang city, Saturday (17/12/2011). According to him, the reason Boromania was not allowed to come to Malang was based on an order from the Persibo secretary general and also an SMS he received that there was friction between supporters in Malang.
"We prohibit Boromania from coming wearing attributes to the Gajayana stadium. However, those who want to come are welcome to come, but in their personal name. This prohibition is not without reason, we are only anticipating things that we do not want to happen. It is better to prevent than to have something happen beyond our expectations," Yahya explained.
Meanwhile, Arema Indonesia media officer, Noor Ramadhan did not have a problem with Boromania not coming to the Gajayaana stadium. "This will provide more space for Aremania to fill the stadium. So tomorrow Gajayana belongs to Aremania. We hope that Aremania can be more than the previous home game," said the man who is often called Nunun. (say/dmb)
