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5 Causes for the Indonesian National Team to Outperform Jordan and Kuwait in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification: Okezone Bola

TIMNAS Indonesia will be performing in 2023 Asian Cup Qualification which will take place in June. For your information, the Indonesian national team is in Group A with Kuwait (the host), Nepal and Jordan.

The Indonesian national team should have been able to overcome Nepal, but Shin Tae-yong’s troops had to fight hard to get points from Kuwait and Jordan. If the two teams do not get positive results, the chances of the Indonesian national team qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup finals will be smaller.

Because, there are only 11 tickets left for the 2023 Asian Cup finals. The details are six for group winners, while the rest belong to the five best runners-up. The Indonesian national team can at least qualify through the five best runners-up.

To do so, positive results need to be obtained from Kuwait and Jordan which on paper are stronger. According to Okezone, these are the five reasons why the Indonesian national team will beat Jordan and Kuwait in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers:

5. The Indonesian National Team is in a Positive Trend


The Indonesian national team is in a positive trend after being runner-up in the 2020 AFF Cup with its young squad. Most of the players, who played in the 2020 AFF Cup, are predicted to be the focus in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers.

In addition, the mentality of abstinence, which was forged in the 2020 AFF Cup, will also play an important role in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification. Therefore, the Indonesian national team has the capital to face stronger teams, such as Kuwait and Jordan.

4. The Indonesian National Team Game is More Mature

Indonesian National Team (Photo: PSSI)

After the AFF Cup 2020, the Indonesian national team game can be said to have leveled up. This is because the Garuda squad’s game is considered to have developed during the 2020 AFF Cup.

Various strategies were used by the Indonesian national team to fight teams with different characters in the 2020 AFF Cup. Almost all of them ended with positive results, except for the landslide defeat to Thailand in the first leg of the final which made the Indonesian national team failed to win. When performing in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers, the Indonesian national team should be able to perform even better.

3. Shin Tae-yong’s experience

Shin Tae-yong (Photo: PSSI)

The Indonesian national team was trained by Shin Tae-yong, who once led South Korea at the 2018 World Cup. The experience of the tactician from the State of Ginseng will certainly help the Indonesian national team during the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification. Shin Tae-yong certainly knows what it takes to bring the national team. Indonesia won positive results from every opponent in Group A, especially Kuwait and Jordan.

2. Taktik Shin Tae-yong

Shin Tae-yong (Photo: PSSI)

Shin Tae-yong is known as a coach who adapts to the opponent. Therefore, in the 2020 AFF Cup, the Indonesian national team often appears with different tactics, but does not lose the identity of the game that Shin Tae-yong wants.

When against Nepal, the Indonesian national team will probably play openly. However, a different approach will certainly be taken by the Indonesian national team against Kuwait and Jordan, which are stronger. Shin Tae-yong is believed to be thinking of ways to get positive results from the two strong teams.

1. The presence of new breed players in the Indonesian national team

Sandy Walsh (Foto: Instagram/@sandywalsh)

Shin Tae-yong’s troops will most likely gain additional strength with the presence of three new breed players, namely Sandy Walsh, Jordi Amat, and Shayne Pattynama. They play as defenders.

These players are being processed to become Indonesian Citizens (WNI). However, the process of Sandy Walsh and Jordi Amat may be completed first because it has been processed since last year. Meanwhile, Shayne Pattynama has just submitted the documents needed for naturalization.

In addition to the three players, it is reported that there is one other naturalized player that PSSI is targeting. The presence of the descendants of the players is expected to increase the strength of the Indonesian national team so that it can qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup finals.

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