Indonesia bans 12 football players and officials for life
13:20 22 November, 2014Indonesian soccer authorities have banned twelve players and officials for life over an own-goal fiasco in a playoff match, Associated Press reported.
The Indonesian Football Association says three other officials of clubs PSS Sleman and PSIS Semarang have been banned for ten years.
Sleman, which won 3-2, conceded two late own-goals in an attempt to lose, but Semarang then conceded three. A disciplinary committee decided both teams wanted to lose in order to avoid a semifinal match against Borneo, which are considered the strongest team in the country.
Seventeen other players were barred for five years.
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