Four potential naturalized players played Shin Ta Yong moment Indonesia Under-20 National Team defeated 1-2 by Slovakia in the Costa Calida Region de Murcia Football Week 2022 event, on Saturday (19/11).
Two players who had already joined, namely Justin Hubner and Ivar Jenner, were again played as starters by Shin Tae Yong. Apart from that, Rafael Struick and Zico Soree also played from the first minute in this match.
As for Rafael and Zico’s performances, Shin Tae Yong revealed that the two hadn’t yet integrated into the team’s game as they hadn’t attended regular training.
“In fact, Justin and Ivar adapted to us, but Rafael and Zico have only been here for two days. They didn’t participate in the normal training, having competed directly with us,” said the coach from South Korea .
“In fact, organizationally it’s a bit lacking, because they’ve never trained with us. But their individual skills are good.”
Rafael made an immediate impression in this game after scoring a goal that put the Indonesia U20 national team up 1-0 in the 28th minute. It’s just that the lead wasn’t kept as Slovakia managed to turn things around to make it 2-1 in the last 10 minutes of the game and got a red card for Justin Hubner.
The loss to Slovakia ended the Indonesia U-20 national team with back-to-back defeats in Spain. Previously, Garuda Nusantara had been beaten 0-6 by France.
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