Indonesia's Prospective Opponents in the U-23 Asian Cup Can Be Afraid, Shin Tae-yong Starts to Spread Threats

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Indonesian U-23 National Team (Timnas) coach Shin Tae-yong spread threats to Indonesia's potential opponents in the U-23 Asian Cup. He said that whoever the team will meet Indonesia later, to be more alert. This is because Indonesian football has developed very rapidly.

It is known that Indonesia managed to penetrate the last 16 of the 2023 Asian Cup some time ago, and most recently, the coach from South Korea (South Korea) was able to beat South Korea U-23 and bring Garuda Muda through to the semifinals for the first time in history, after eliminating his own country.

Indonesia won dramatically through a penalty shootout with a score of 11-10, after playing 2-2 for 120 minutes at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Friday (25/4/2024) early morning WIB.

“Indonesian football is on the rise, developing, and now I am sure that whoever our opponent is, we can compete,” said Shin, quoted from Antara, Friday, (26/4/2024).

In the U-23 Asian Cup, history was written by Shin, starting with appearing in the biennial tournament for the first time, then qualifying for the quarter-finals for the first time, and now qualifying for the semifinals to take another step towards making higher history, namely delivering Garuda Muda will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics after last competing at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

In the semifinals, Indonesia will face the winner of the match between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia which will be played at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Friday night at 21.00 WIB.

The semifinal match will be played on Monday (29/4/2924) at 21.00 WIB at the stadium which has so far provided victory for Indonesia on the Asian stage, at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha.

“Please be careful with us and we will try to do a good job,” stressed Shin.