Indonesian U-23 National Team

South Korean referee Kim Daeyong blew the long whistle in the final Group K qualifying match Asian Cup U-23 2024 between Indonesia and Turkmenistan at Manahan Stadium, Solo, Tuesday (12/9/2023), marks a new history created by Garuda Muda.

The long whistle made sure Indonesian National team The U-23s sealed a 2-0 win over Turkmenistan through goals from Ivar Jenner and Pratama Arha

The three loud whistles were the culmination of the emotion and pride of the 15,890 spectators who attended the Manahan Stadium at that match, and also all the Indonesian people who watched on the screen the Young Garuda fly to the Asian level.

The U-23 national team advanced to the final round, which in this edition was played in Qatar from April 15 to May 3 with a perfect run from the two Group K qualifying matches by collecting 6 points, scoring 11 goals and conceding no goals.

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Is Shin Tae-yong who is the main actor for the U-23 national team, traveling to Asia for the first time. The coach from South Korea, who was contracted by the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) in January 2020, armed with a classy portfolio, such as when he beat Germany with a score of 2-0 in the 2018 World Cup while still coaching the South Korean national team, this year he reaped sweet results from his work. hard three years ago.

Praise from various directions immediately came to Shin after he made history in the U-23 national team, one of which was from the former U-23 national team coach who is now the coach of the 1973 Persikabo club. Aji Santoso.

Aji, who previously managed the U-23 national team for the 2013 and 2016 U-23 Asian Cup qualifications, but failed to advance to the finals, said Shin’s role in the U-23 national team’s success in reaching the U-23 Asian Cup finals for the first time was vital.

As a fellow coach, he said that Shin was able to give his own color to the U-23 national team’s game in terms of attack or defense. The good performances of several U-23 national team players such as Pratama Arhan, Marselino Ferdinan, Ivar Jenner, and Rafael Struick, said Aji, were the result of the right instructions commanded by the South Korean coach.

As a result, from the two qualifying matches, the U-23 national team appeared collectively with almost half the players scoring goals and not being dependent on the role of the strikers.

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The U-23 national team is the third level of national team that Shin has contributed to the Asian Cup after previously also bringing the senior national team and U-20 national team to the Asian stage.

Starting from guiding the senior national team in the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers in June last year, Shin led Marc Klok and his friends to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar 12 January 10 February next year after finishing as runners-up in the qualifying round with 6 points. At that time, the Garuda team only lost once to Jordan, the team above Indonesia, with a narrow score of 0-1.

The senior level Asian Cup event is the fifth that Indonesia has participated in after the last time in 2007 when it was hosted by Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Shin’s cold hand then continued when he handled the U-20 national team, which at that time included players such as Hokky Caraka, Arkhan Fikri, and Dony Tri Pamungkas. In the qualifying matches played in September 2022, the U-20 national team which joined Vietnam, Timor Leste, Hong Kong qualified for the final round after sweeping three matches with a win or getting 9 points.

However, in the final round of the 2023 U-20 Asian Cup which was played in Uzbekistan last March, they failed to qualify from the group stage because they finished third with 4 points. Indonesia’s only victory at that time was beating Syria with a narrow score of 1-0 through a goal from Hokky Caraka.

Being a figure who led three levels of national teams to the Asian Cup, said Shin, was an achievement that made him proud and perhaps the Indonesian people felt it. He said that Indonesian football had developed much better.

It’s true, since the South Korean man took over the national team, the play of the 11 selected players on the field has looked fun and exciting to watch. More daring to play what is the “beauty” of the round skin game, who is confident in playing the ball from foot to foot and no longer has boring back passes.

Maybe occasionally there is gastric bait. However, it is the right way to do it, namely throwing it when a teammate is in an empty space or heading towards an empty space, not just throwing the ball forward because you are not confident holding the ball.

Of course, bringing three levels of national team to the Asian Cup is an achievement for Shin even though currently, the 52 year old man has not presented a trophy. However, it feels like having a trophy in your hand is not that important. Moreover, what is at issue is the AFF Cup, a trophy at Southeast Asia level.

What’s the matter if people still don’t see Shin’s success just because he has no AFF trophies? It’s possible that these noisy shouts are like buzzers on social media, which are actually few in number, but have a massive movement.

How proud is it to win the AFF Cup many times, but the national team level is only stuck at the Southeast Asian level? The Singapore national team won the AFF Cup four times, but so far has not been able to reach the Asian Cup finals through the qualification route. Indonesia’s neighboring country has only experienced the Asian Cup once, when it played as host in the 1984 edition.

Three years and Indonesia qualifying for the Asian Cup three times is proof that the trophy issue is once again not worth discussing on the table.

Because, Shin has brought the level of Indonesian football too small if he only dreams of dominating Southeast Asia. Shin raised the mentality of Indonesian football that with 270 million people, Indonesia should dream higher, namely competing in Asia as proven by the three levels of national teams he has brought there.

The lack of trophies is not a problem because a football fan’s true dream is to see their favorite team appear in the World Cup. By bringing Indonesia to the Asian level, of course the door to this grand championship will be increasingly open and closer.

The U-23 national team and senior national team have that opportunity. The U-23 national team is heading to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France and the senior national team is going to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, which will be attended by 48 teams with the Asian zone quota increasing to 8.5 or eight teams automatically qualify and one team can qualify. if they make it through the play-offs. It’s not impossible, playing in the world championship will no longer be a daydream.

With what he has achieved to date, Shin has painted gold ink on the canvas of the hearts of the Indonesian people, just like the 15,890 spectators who attended the Manahan Stadium when Indonesia locked in the final round of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup, Tuesday (9/9). -glorify his name. Three times or even more than that and Shin responded by waving his hands in thanks towards the stands who shouted his name.

The cheers of thousands of spectators at that time were soul-shaking. The booming voices of thousands of spectators at Manahan Stadium are a reflection of the pride in having Shin in our football. It doesn’t matter that he hasn’t presented a trophy because the man who was born on October 11 1970 has led Garuda Muda to fly high to Asia. Under his concoction, our football has finally had a long process and is walking the path it should have been on for a long time. (Source: Between)

2023-09-18 03:11:00
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