REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Mahaka Sports and Entertainment implemented a number of rules in President's Cup Tournament 2015. Besides applying FIFA rule of the game , Mahaka Sports was also innovated by allowing the team to replace six players in one game.

Mahaka Sports also forbade the teams to use a costume without a name. That rule had became a warning for PSM Makassar, whose costume did not write the name of the player. Mahaka also threatened to impose fines on PSM Makassar if in the last eight, they still do not write the name of the player in their costumes.

Related to the rules, Technical Director of PSM Makassar, Sumirlan, supported every rules made by Mahaka Sports. He claimed during coaching PSM Makassar, the President's Cup was the best football tournament ever.

The rules made by the promoter, make the tournament has great quality. With the rules applied by Mahaka Sports, the players and the team officials respected the referee.

He hoped Mahaka Sports can re-create a tournament with the same quality as the President's Cup. He also wanted this tournament to become momentum for football Indonesia, to ressurec of a vacuum during the ongoing FIFA sanctions.

"I consider this tournament as the best tournament for me, since I exist in football world. Thank you Mahaka," said Sumirlan.

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