Indonesia U-23 Securities Experience In The 2024 U-23 Asian Cup

JAKARTA - Indonesia U-23's debut in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup is so impressive. Garuda Muda was able to end the tournament in Qatar as fourth place.

Many teams did not expect Indonesia U-23 to be a serious challenger who broke through the semifinals.

Marselino Ferdinand and colleagues talked a lot at their first appearance at the U-23 Asian Cup. The giant team was able to be contributed.

The victims, Australia U-23, Jordan U-23, to South Korea U-23.

Indonesia U-23 immediately showed off that they did not deserve to be underestimated even though they had never appeared in the previous five editions of the U-23 Asian Cup since 2013.

However, Shin Tae-yong did not use this achievement as a trigger for Javanese. He wanted the trip while in Qatar to be a valuable lesson to keep it grounded and not to be complacent.

"For the next few years, we will still develop again and again. So, I'm sure we will continue to develop and become a better team," said Shin Tae-yong.

The South Korean coach catapulted the confidence that his troops would return to the next edition of the U-23 Asian Cup more strongly. In fact, the title of challenger for the title deserves to be pinned to Indonesia U-23.

Shin Tae-yong's trust in his team was not without reason. The implementation of his good football philosophy is a factor of bal-balan in the country, especially the national team, developing in the future. "The minds of the players have changed and their will becomes very strong. They also have persistence."

"I have my own philosophy. The players follow my style well and they enjoy it."

"These factors have affected the development of Indonesian football recently," said the 53-year-old coach.

Shin Tae-yong has given birth to the new golden generation of the Garuda Squad. He has trained young players from the age group since coming to Indonesia in 2019.

He did not even hesitate to overhaul the senior level national team by filling in many young players as a result of his education. The results began to appear.

The senior level national team also has a fairly young age average. In participating in the 2023 Asian Cup, the Indonesian national team has an average age of 23 years.

Their mentality has been tested. The target of the last eight of the 2023 Asian Cup was realized. This score is history because this is the first time this has happened.

It didn't stop there, the young players who had finished regularly in the senior national team were brought by Shin Tae-yong to the U-23 team for the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

Again, they are not disappointing. They even exceeded the target. When PSSI weighed on the target of the quarter-finals, Indonesia U-23 could even reach the semifinals and rank fourth in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

They are again on the verge of making history to bring Young Garuda to the Olympic stage for the first time since 68 years ago.

Indonesia U-23 will undergo an inter-confederation playoffs against Guinea (the fourth place in the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup) to win one remaining ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In addition, at the senior level, the Indonesian national team also has a great opportunity to step into the next 2026 World Cup Qualification phase, the third round of the Asian zone.