Indonesia U-23 National Team vs Iraq: Battle for Olympic Ticket – Latest Updates

Jakarta –

The Indonesian national team had no time to mourn the loss after the controversial match with Uzbekistan at 0-2 in the semi-finals of the 2024 Asian Cup U-23 at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Qatar on Monday (29/ 4).

Garuda Muda’s soldiers must focus on winning tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympics during the game against Iraq in the fight for third place in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium on Thursday afternoon ( 2/5) WIB.

This was confirmed by the statement by the defender of the U-23 National Team Ilham Rio Fahmi who said that the players had moved on and were fully focused on the bet against Iraq. The Garuda team wants to give the people of Indonesia Olympic ticket gifts.

“We are ready for tomorrow’s game. We will give everything on the field to win and win a ticket to the Olympics, and we will make the people of Indonesia proud,” said Ilham Rio Fahmi in a conference news, Wednesday (1/5/2024) .

U-23 National Team coach Shin Tae-yong also ensured that the Garuda team was physically and mentally ready to face Iraq. He and the players are ready to show a good response against Iraq and want to lock tickets for the 2024 Olympics.

“I believe in myself and the players. We are all confident that we can go to the Olympics and the players are mentally ready for this target,” the South Korean coach said on the website official AFC.

Not only that, in preparation for the Iraqi national team, Shin Tae-yong asked the AFC to correct themselves in terms of referee leadership. As is known, the Indonesian U-23 National Team failed to reach the final after defeating Uzbekistan. The referee from China, Shen Yinhao, was considered a bad influence on Indonesia in several of his decisions. As with several VAR referee decisions that were deemed detrimental to Indonesia.

Iraq coach Radhi Shanaishil was also monitoring the fast attacks made by Indonesia. He also analyzed the strength of Team Garuda ahead of the duel for third place. He believes that Indonesia has good player material, both playing in local and European leagues.

Reported by the official AFC website, there are at least four threats from Babylon Lions to Garuda Muda from statistical data throughout the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup. How Iraq is better in terms of penalties, corner kicks, evictionsand photos on target.

Meanwhile, it will be a 3-4-3 formation for Indonesia’s line-up against Iraq tonight. Ilham Rio Fahmi, Ivar Jenner, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, and Pratama Arhan who could be owned by the 53-year-old Kochi-nim.

At the same time, for the composition of central defenders, Muhammad Ferrari, Komang Teguh Trisnanda, and Justin Hubner could be options. However, the AFC website wrote that Hubner would miss the match for third place due to accumulated yellow cards.

For the goalkeeper role, Indonesia will still rely on Ernando Ari. The goalkeeper of Persebaya Surabaya has made 14 saves according to data from the AFC website.
Indonesia can be relieved as they were strengthened by Rafael Struick against Iraq. Therefore, Indonesia’s attacking line can be given to Struick, Marselino Ferdinan, and Witan Sulaeman.

In this match, the Indonesian U-23 national team must win over Iraq to win the last automatic ticket to the 2024 Olympics If they lose to Iraq, Indonesia must play a playoff match against the representative of Africa, which is that’s Guinea.

So can the Indonesian National Team stop the strength of the Iraqi National Team in tonight’s game? Will Shin Tae-yong and his team make new history and qualify for the Olympics in Paris? See the review in today’s Editorial Review by the Editor detikSport.

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