KUWAIT CITY – National team (Indonesian National team will have a life and death match against Nepal in the final match of Group A 2023 Asian Cup Qualification on Wednesday (15/6/2022) at 02.15 WIB. To face this crucial match, coach Shin Tae-yong also lowered the best strength of the Indonesian national team to win against Nepal.
It is called a life and death match because the result of the match against Nepal will determine whether or not the Indonesian national team will qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup. To be able to win tickets to the 2023 Asian Cup, the Indonesian national team actually only needs a win.
Thanks to Jordan, who beat Kuwait 3-0 in the previous match, now the Indonesian national team only needs a draw to qualify with the status of the five best runners-up.
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Even though he only needed a draw, Shin Tae-yong in fact still wanted to win and this could be seen from the players he fielded.
From the formation that has been announced by PSSI, the South Korean coach is still applying the 5-4-1 formation. Of course, under the crossbar, Nadeo Argawinata is still entrusted.
Then the three central defenders used were Elkan Baggott, Rizky Ridho, and Fachruddin Aryanto. While the left fullback side is Pratama Arhan, then on the other side there is Asnawi Mangkualam.
Then in the middle sector, Shin Tae-yong still trusted Marc Klok, Ricky Kambuaya, Witan Sulaeman, and Saddil Ramdani. At the spearhead, Dimas Drajad is believed to be the goal machine for the Indonesian national team in this match.
With this formation, it is hoped that the Indonesian national team can achieve sweet results over Nepal. Nevertheless, it is quite interesting to see Shin Tae-yong still maintains playing with three central defenders.
The reason is that many think that against Nepal, the Indonesian national team will appear to attack in total to be able to win. So, it will be interesting to see whether the formation that Shin Tae-yong uses will be effective or not.
The following is a list of the composition of the Indonesian national team vs Nepal in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification:
Indonesian National Team XI: Nadeo; Fachruddin, Elkan Baggott, Rizky Ridho, Pratama Arhan, Asnawi Mangkualam; Saddil Ramdani, Marc Klok, Ricky Kambuaya, Witan Sulaeman; Dimas Drajad.
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