Jakarta – The Indonesian U-23 National Team must recognize Saudi Arabia’s superiority in a closed trial match ahead of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup. Playing at The Sevens Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday (6/4/2024) early morning WIB, the Garuda Muda Team lost 1-3.
The only goal scored by the Indonesian U-23 National Team was scored by Komang Teguh in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, the Garuda Muda Team’s goal guarded by Adi Satryo had to be broken three times in this match.
In this trial match, Shin Tae-yong also tried to take advantage of all the existing players.
Apart from Adri Satryo, Shin Tae-yong entrusted Rizky Ridho and Komang Teguh in the back line, Ramadhan Sananta, Rafael Struick, and Dony Tri Pamungkas in the attack line, as well as Ivar Jenner, Witan Sulaeman, Rio Fahmi, Muhammad Ferarri, and Arkhan Fikri.
However, in the end the Garuda Muda Team had to recognize Saudi Arabia’s superiority. Next, who will the Indonesian U-23 National Team play against?
1 More Try
After this match, the U-23 Indonesian National Team will still have one more trial match against the United Arab Emirates on Monday (8/4/2024).
The training camp for the Indonesian U-23 National Team in Dubai will run until April 10 2024. Then the Garuda Muda Team will leave for Doha, Qatar to start their work in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.
The Indonesian U-23 national team will start their work by facing hosts Qatar on April 15, then against Australia on April 18, and close the group phase series by facing Jordan on April 21 2024.
Top 8 Target
The team coached by Shin Tae-yong has a target of qualifying from the group phase to the last eight. There is hope that the Garuda Muda Team can qualify for the semifinals and open up opportunities for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
At least Rizky Ridho et al. must be able to get the third place title to automatically qualify for the 2024 Olympics, considering that only three teams will automatically qualify for Paris.
Meanwhile, the team that loses in the match for third place still has the opportunity to go to the 2024 Olympics by undergoing a play-off match against representatives from Africa (CAF).
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