INDOSPORT.COM – Seeing the potential line-up Indonesian National team who will appear in the AFF U-23 Cup in February 2021. Wonderkid Ronaldo will be the focus of the Garuda squad!
As previously known, the general chairman of PSSI, Mochamad Iriawan asked the coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong to immediately prepare the team that will appear in the tournament. AFF Cup U-23 which will be held on February 14-26 2022 in Cambodia.
The reason is, the Indonesian national team was asked to be able to defend the title after in the 2019 edition of the AFF U-23 Cup the Garuda squad managed to beat Thailand in the final with a score of 2-1.
For the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup, the Indonesian national team will compete with 10 other countries in the Southeast Asian region.
The Indonesian national team will start their work from the preliminary round of Group B, and compete with a number of tough opponents such as Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos.
To carry out the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup later, coach Shin Tae-yong had stated that he would again call up the young U-20 players who had already appeared in the 2020 AFF Cup in Singapore.
However, the South Korean coach provided an exception for players who played abroad.
So that at the AFF U-23 Cup later, a number of star names such as Asnawi Mangkualam, Witan Sulaeman, Egy Maulana Vikri and Elkan Baggott will certainly be absent.
Even so, during the 2021 Liga 1 and the U-18 Indonesia national team training camp in Turkey last November, there were a number of young players who appeared to shine and might deserve to fill the post. line up Indonesian National Team U-23.
So who are they? More details below INDOSPORT try to summarize and review:
Goalkeeper
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National team goalkeeper, Ernando Ari.–
At the back position, aka goalkeeper, the Indonesian national team has a number of potential names such as Muhammad Riyandi (Barito Putera), Andika Ramadani (Persebaya) and Ernando Ari (Persebaya).
However, when viewed from the performance and flying hours with the Indonesian national team, it seems that Ernando Ari deserves to be the main choice to guard the Red-White squad’s goal.
Still only 19 years old, Ernando Ari has appeared in nine matches for Persebaya this season and has recorded four times clean sheets.
Meanwhile, for the national team level, it was recorded that Ernando Ari had played in the U-16, U-19, U-23 categories and even the Senior National Team at the 2020 AFF Cup yesterday.
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