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4 Praises of Thailand’s Coach for the Indonesian National Team

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia

Thailand coach Alexandre ‘Mano’ Polking praises Indonesian National team which he defeated in the final AFF Cup 2020 (2021).

The compliment was made by Polking when interviewed by Vietnamese media, Zing. The German and Brazilian blooded coach caught a positive impression of the young team that Shin Tae Yong brought to the 2020 AFF Cup.

“They have a young squad, physical condition is also good. You can see they always work hard, run a lot, and work very hard to put pressure on the opponent,” said Polking.

Polking also said he had great respect for the Indonesian national team. This is because the Red and White team showed a good performance in the 13th edition of the AFF Cup.

The Indonesian national team was even surprisingly able to step up to the final. However, the efforts of the Indonesian national team to win the inaugural title were stopped by Thailand, which ensured the title with a 6-2 aggregate in the 2020 AFF Cup final.


Thailand won 4-0 in the first leg and in the second meeting drew 2-2 against the Indonesian national team.

Polking said that at that time Thailand was filled with high self-confidence. He also assessed that the performance of the War Elephant team when they won 4-0 over the Indonesian national team in the first leg of the 2020 AFF Cup final was the best throughout the tournament.

“In their second leg [Timnas Indonesia] scoring quick goals, which is what we’re trying to avoid. Indonesia scored and kept trying to score again but I believe my team showed their quality and excellence. In the end, we brought the title back to Thailand,” said Polking.

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