STY Calls The U-23 National Team's Confidence Good

JAKARTA - Indonesia U-23 football national team coach Shin Tae-yong (STY) said the players' confidence had been well formed. Especially to face major world-class championships, such as the Asian Cup. So the biggest thing they have got is about their confidence in big tournaments," STY said, quoting Antara.

He further stated that the level of the players' games had also increased considerably when participating in the U-23 Asian Cup so that in the future he was optimistic that he could achieve even better results. "This is not the AFF Cup (Asia Tenggara), but the AFC (Asia) became a good confidence and their performance was also not lost," said the South Korean coach. He also commented on the performance of the referee during the U-23 Asian Cup and the play-offs ago. According to him, there were so many referee decisions that harmed Indonesia and regretted this could happen. He said, for 45 years, football has had many decisions that were not right during Qatar and France.

However, he ensured that the players and officials will continue to try their best to give their best to make Indonesia proud. Meanwhile, while participating in the U-23 Asian Cup in Qatar, the national team had a record of winning three times and losing twice until the semifinals. In the race for third place, Indonesia had to lose to Iraq with a score of 1-2. In a last attempt to appear at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the play-off match of Asian representatives against Guinea from Africa, the Garuda Muda squad again had to swallow the bitter pill with a narrow 0-1 defeat so they had to bury their dream of being able to appear in the biggest multi-branch sporting event in the world in July.