EVIDENTLY this is the noble reason behind Shin Tae-yong I want to be the coach of the Indonesian National Team. From his words when talking with Tottenham Hotspur winger, Son Heung-min, Shin Tae-yong accepted the offer to handle Indonesian National team to support the family.
The name Shin Tae-yong is being discussed by Indonesian football lovers. His success in raising the performance of the Indonesian national team in the 2020 AFF Cup is one of the benchmarks.
(Son Heung-min (left) meeting Shin Tae-yong in November 2019)
Thanks to Shin Tae-yong’s cool hand, the Indonesian national team qualified for the 2020 AFF Cup semifinals with the status of Group B champion. Amazingly, Shin Tae-yong led the Indonesian national team to outperform the strongest team in Southeast Asia, Vietnam, which only finished in second place.
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, Shin Tae-yong will be in charge of the Indonesian national team for two years. Previously, he was appointed as the coach of the Indonesian national team in the introduction which was held at the Pakansari Stadium, Bogor on Saturday, December 28, 2019.
However, before officially becoming the coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong had a meeting with his former team in the South Korean national team in the 2017-2018 period, Son Heung-min, on November 9, 2019.
At that time, Shin Tae-yong talked with Son Heung-min in the waiting room of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. In the meeting, which was documented in a video vlog entitled Shoot for Love, Son Heung-min supported Shin Tae-yong to take the post of coach of the Indonesian national team.
