The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) reveals the key to success Indonesian National team escape from Asian Cup Qualification 2023 and authorized by Shin Tae Yong.
The Indonesian national team advanced to the main round of the 2023 Asian Cup with the best runner-up status. Fachruddin Aryanto and his friends were runners up in Group A with six points from three matches.
In latest release, the AFC called victory in the first match over Kuwait on June 8 to be key. Thanks to this victory, the confidence of Indonesian players increased.
Shin Tae Yong also confirmed the analysis. According to the South Korean coach, the victory over Kuwait showed the development of Indonesian football in the last two years.
Shin was contracted by PSSI in December 2019 and started his story with the Indonesian national team in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. In the first three matches, the Garuda team drew once and lost twice.
The performance of the Indonesian national team got better during the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification play-offs and finally brought the Garuda Team to become the semifinalists of the 2020 AFF Cup (2021).
“It’s important to start well in the first match of a tournament like this,” Shin said in an interview with AFC published on Wednesday (15/6) evening WIB.
“Against Kuwait, I think the players did everything and gave their best, and because we played well in the first game, the next two games went much smoother,” said Shin.
Kuwait coach, Vitezslav Lavicka also realized that the defeat of the Indonesian national team made the burden on the players even heavier. This is what makes his team not optimal against Jordan.
“I apologize to all the Kuwaiti fans,” Lavicka said. “I am very disappointed with our poor performance against Jordan,” added the Czech coach.
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