Indonesia vs Argentina Tonight: Garuda Surprise or Goal Rain?

– The Indonesian vs Argentina national team is one of the interesting FIFA Matchdays which will be presented at the Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Monday (19/6/2023) at 19.30 WIB.

For Indonesia, this is a difficult match considering that their opponent is the team that successfully won the world championship at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Especially if you look at the rankings of the two teams which are far in comparison. After becoming world champion in 2022, Argentina is now ranked 1st in the world. Meanwhile, Indonesia is still far from being ranked 149th in the world.

Materially, many Argentine players play in Europe. Unlike the Indonesian squad, only a few of them have had experience playing in Europe, such as Jordi Amat, Sandy Walsh and Shayne Pattynama.

Even though it is titled as a friendly match, the Indonesian national team is certainly required to appear perfect in front of the supporters.

A draw let alone a win would have been a big surprise for Indonesia.

A number of Agentina national team players have light training at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Sunday 18 June 2023. The Indonesia vs Argentina national team match will take place at the GBK Stadium on Monday (19/6) evening. The match against Indonesia is a series of the Asian Tour undertaken by Argentina on the FIFA Matchday this June.

But nothing is impossible in football. The non-seeded teams have also made surprises several times by achieving positive results against giant teams. This is also expected by the coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong (STY).

“I also wanted to give a surprise to be honest. However, it was not me who gave the surprise, but the players themselves who had to be able to show it on the field,” said Shin Tae-yong in a press conference, Sunday (18/6/2023).

This big surprise was made by STY when he was still in charge of the South Korean National Team at the 2018 World Cup. At that time, STY, who coached South Korea (South Korea), made a surprise by beating Germany 2-0 in the group phase.

Der Panzer – the nickname of the German national team, which at that time was the defending World Cup champion, had to stop its journey in the group phase.

A number of Indonesian national football team players underwent light training on field A Senayan, Jakarta June 15 2023. The agenda for the training for the Indonesian national team in Jakarta is to face the June 2023 FIFA Matchday against Argentina. exercise this time aims for the recovery program. Previously, the Indonesian national team had just played a 0-0 draw against Palestine at the Bung Tomo Stadium (GBT), Surabaya, East Java.

Talking about Argentina as world champion, Shin Tae-yong doesn’t have much judgment. One thing he does know, Lionel Scaloni’s tango team is a strong team.

“The Argentine team was world champion last year. Even now it is ranked number 1, so no one can judge what the Argentine team is like. I watched Argentina against Australia in China yesterday and it was very clear that the Argentine players were in good condition, able to show their best. too, and have shown that they are world champions,” said Shin Tae-yong.