Prepare The National Team For The 2022 AFF U-23 Cup, Shin Tae-yong Gets Help From The Milky Way And Markus Horizon

JAKARTA – The coach of the U-23 Indonesia national team, Shin Tae-yong, received assistance in preparing the team for the 2022 U-23 AFF Cup. The Korean tactician arrived by Bima Sakti and Markus Horison to fill the coaching team.

Milky Way and Mark are not foreign names in national football. The first name is the coach who currently handles the Indonesian U-16 national team, while Markus Horison is his assistant.

After joining, Bima Sakti and Markus Horison were immediately present and led the training center for the U-23 Indonesian national team. The training camp took place at the Gelora Samudra Stadium, Bali on Monday, February 7.

“This training was directly led by coach Shin Tae-yong. Besides Shin Tae-yong's assistants, there were also U-16 national team coaching staff, namely the Bima Sakti coach and the assistant Markus Horison," PSSI wrote on its official website.

Even though they have participated in guarding the Indonesian national team's training, neither Bima Sakti nor Markus Horison have been involved much. This is because the U-23 National Team has just finished undergoing a short holiday and training has not run optimally.

Currently, only a part of the U-23 Indonesian national team squad has joined the training camp. Meanwhile, some others have not been able to after undergoing a two-day vacation to receive a booster vaccine and get permission to defend their respective clubs in League 1.

Shin Tae-yong said that the preparations were going well despite some obstacles. The reason is that the Indonesian U-23 national team players are not complete after defending their respective clubs in League 1, "continued the PSSI statement.

This is not the first time that the Milky Way has had the opportunity to cooperate with Shin Tae-yong. The former Persema Malang player was once asked to help the 52-year-old coach in the Indonesian national team before the 2020 AFF Cup took place.

In addition, the Milky Way has also handled the Indonesian U-19 national team in Turkey. At that time he was trusted because Shin Tae-yong was in charge of the senior Indonesian national team who was also undergoing a training camp in Turkey.