The virtual world is heating up again after a celebrity from Bahrain insulted the Indonesian national song Indonesia Raya as a backsound.
This incident occurred when the Indonesian national team lost 1-2 to China at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, Tuesday (15/10/2024) evening WIB. The feud between Bahraini fans and the Indonesian national team began when the two teams met in the Group C phase of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers for the Asian zone at the Bahrain National Stadium, Friday (11/10/2024).
At that time, the match ended in a 2-2 draw. There are allegations of a conspiracy to eliminate the Indonesian national team from the 2026 World Cup.
This happened after referee Ahmed Al Kaf added three minutes of extra time when the estimated six minutes of extra time he requested had passed.
The added time occurred when Bahrain was in a 1-2 deficit to the Indonesian National Team. But when the home team scored a goal through Mohamed Marhoon's kick, the long whistle was blown shortly after.
Suspicions of a conspiracy to eliminate the Indonesian National Team emerged. Even the number 99 (90+6=99) became a joke among Indonesians as a form of disappointment over the draw.
The feud that started on social media quickly escalated and involved millions of fans around the world. Most recently, the Instagram account of Bahraini celebrity @noaimi9 mocked the Indonesian National Team's defeat to China.
With a shocked face while posting the score of the Indonesian National Team when they were 0-2 behind China.
What made the public furious was that he used the national anthem Indonesia Raya as the backsound in his upload.
The behavior of the Bahraini celebrity made fans of the Indonesian National Team and the people in the country furious. Many did not accept it because the Bahraini celebrity seemed to be insulting the Indonesian national anthem. "You guys went too far.
You insulted our national anthem. Be careful. We can do better than you in degrading the symbols of your country," wrote fans of the Indonesian National Team in the comments column.