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  • Football is something that cannot be separated in the lives of Indonesian people. From the end to the beginning of 2019, the Indonesian people's euphoria towards football reached its peak. The junior national team has various achievements, one of which is the U-22 national team in the AFF Cup. Successful reporting on the Indonesian Junior National Team made headlines in various national media, one of which was Tempo.co, which raised the final theme of the AFF U-22 Cup. However, whether we realize it or not, the mass media is now an arena of discourse construction into the meaning of reality. This study uses a qualitative interpretive research model from the Teun A. Van Dijk discourse analysis model that focuses on research on macro structure, superstructure and micro structure analysis that explores their interrelations. with social context in the context of news texts that have been selected from thick media Tempo.co, as many as 3 (three) news. The results of research on three news shows that Tempo.co discusses news in a different style but refers to the same meaning, which is to support the Indonesian National Team to win the AFF Cup final match. the composition of the news scheme by telling the good national team coaches and their player profiles is one example of how Tempo.co expressed its support. Meanwhile, the use of metaphorical language and the blurring of criticism are examples of other ways Tempo.co expressed its support to the Indonesia national team.