Indonesia U-23 Faces Quarter Finals Against South Korea U-23 With Confidence

JAKARTA - The U-23 Indonesian national team managed to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup as runners-up in Group A.

Garuda Muda has packed six points from three matches that have been played. They accompanied Qatar U-23 hosts, who won Group A with seven points, to the knockout round.

Indonesia U-23 has the certainty of qualifying for the knockout phase after overthrowing Jordan U-23 with a landslide score of 4-1 in the group's last match.

Shin Tae-yong revealed that self-confidence is one of the keys for his troops to qualify for the quarter-finals.

"I told the players to forget the defeat to Qatar U-23 and keep going. We gained confidence in us again after defeating Australia U-23," said Shin Tae-yong.

Indonesian mentality U-23 had fallen after losing controversially to host Qatar U-23 with a score of 0-2 in the group's inaugural match.

Garuda Muda then rose in the second match against Australia U-23. They were able to overthrow Olyroos with a narrow score of 1-0.

The opening opportunity to qualify from the group stage made Marselino Ferdinand more confident in looking at the last match against Jordan U-23.

Moreover, Garuda Muda is above the wind because it only needs series results to qualify with the Australian U-23 record, it is predicted that it will be difficult to win against Qatar U-23.

As a result, Indonesia U-23 managed to crushing Jordan U-23 so that it qualified comfortably for the quarter-finals.

Now, South Korea U-23 is waiting as the opponent of Indonesia U-23 in the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

Shin Tae-yong hopes that his students will be able to maintain their confidence in the knockout stages and not be afraid of the opponent's title as a strong team.

"I told them we have to play confidently. All of this will help us a lot (in terms of confidence) to fight in the quarter-finals, regardless of whether we win or lose, we will give 100 percent on the pitch," said Shin Tae-yong.

Indonesia U-23 vs South Korea U-23 quarter-final match will be held at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium on April 25, 2024.

South Korea U-23 qualified for the knockout stages of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup as winners of Group B after overthrowing Japan U-23 with a score of 1-0 in the last match.