BOLASPORT.CCOM – Coach Indonesian National team, Shin Tae-yong targeting the Garuda squad to qualify for Asian Cup 2023 in the Qualifiers in June.
As known, Indonesian National team will face the qualifying round Asian Cup 2023 in Kuwait on 8-14 June 2022.
In the Qualifying event Asian Cup 2023, Indonesian National team joined in Group A with Jordan, Kuwait and Nepal.
For the Group A match, it has been decided to take place in Kuwait.
With that, it certainly won’t be an easy match for Indonesian National team.
How come? Kuwait will benefit by appearing as the host.
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Not only that, against Jordan will also not be an easy step for Shin Tae-yong’s team.
In addition, both Kuwait and Jordan rank well above Indonesia.
Jordan is ranked 90th by FIFA, while Kuwait is in 143th position.
Currently, Indonesia is still in the 160th position and for Nepal, it is below Indonesia by occupying the 167th position.
Judging from the rankings, of course, the struggle of the Indonesian national team in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification will not be easy.
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However, it did not make Shin Tae-yong flinch.
Instead, Shin Tae-yong wanted to encourage his team to be able to take Indonesia further.
South Korean coach It said that he was targeting the Indonesian national team to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup.
“For the Asian Cup Qualification, our target is to qualify from the group even though it is runner-up,” said Shin Tae-yong to the media crew including BolaSport.com at the Madya Stadium, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (2/3/2022).
“Our target is to qualify for the Asian Cup,” he said.
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With this target, the 52-year-old coach will prepare the team well.
Shin also understands very well that the team that will be faced by the Indonesian national team is not an easy opponent.
For this reason, to maximize the strength of the team and so that the Garuda squad is able to compete with the teams in Group A.
So Shin Tae-yong will field most of the players who will appear at the 2021 SEA Games in May to be fielded in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers.
According to him, there will be as many as 80 young players who will strengthen the Indonesian national team in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification later.
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The Indonesian national team squad (Indonesian national team squad) in the match against the Timor Leste national team at the Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Bali, January 27, 2022.
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“For the preparation of the Asian Cup Qualification, 80 percent of the core players in the SEA Games squad,” said Shin.
“So with these players we are preparing for the Asian Cup,” he said.
In this event it will not be an easy match for the Indonesian national team.
Because Kuwait also held the status of Asian Cup champions in 1980.
Meanwhile, Jordan is a team that has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup in 2004.
The easiest opponent for Indonesia is considered to be Nepal because they have never tasted the Asian Cup finals.
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