The Indonesian National Team Again Meet Vietnam In The 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, Marc Klok Optimistic To Win

JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team midfielder, Marc Klok, is optimistic about the Garuda Squad which will play the second round of the 2026 Asian Zone World Cup Qualifiers. Again, meeting Vietnam, Klok believes the team is in the middle of high winning motivation.

The Indonesian national team will face Vietnam twice in the 2026 World Cup Asian Zone Qualification. First, Shin Tae-yong's team hosted The Golden Star in the home match on March 21, 2024. After that, they will go away to Hanoi on March 26, 2024.

Ahead of the two matches, Klok mentioned the Garuda Squad in full enthusiasm to hunt down victory. You see, three points are targets that must be achieved considering that the team position in Group F is at the bottom.

Klok feels that facing Vietnam will not make the Indonesian national team mentally shrink. The reason is, there is qualified capital that will be brought to the match later.

Especially at the latest meeting, the Garuda squad won against The Golden Star in the 2023 Asian Cup.

"Yes, everyone knows, the match (against Vietnam) is very important for the 2026 World Cup Qualification," said Marc Klok when met in the East Jakarta area on Sunday, February 18, 2024.

"Yesterday, sentiment was great. So, I think the team is more compact now and we have a lot of positive things from the 2023 Asian Cup."

"So, I think this is a separate motivation for teams and individuals," he said.

The former Persija Jakarta player also said that attacking Vietnam against the team's self-confidence was so high.

This cannot be separated from the performance at the previous meeting which also made Klok very optimistic that the team could win, both in Indonesia and during an trip to Hanoi.

"Surely later the match against Vietnam will make us even more confident. I hope it will be very good because I saw in those two matches we will definitely win," he said.