Welber Jardim's Ambition To Give AFF U-19 Cup Title With Indonesia U-19

JAKARTA - The U-19 Indonesian national team managed to advance to the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup final. Garuda Muda will face Thailand U-19 in the top match at Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Monday, July 29, 2024, at 19.30 WIB.

One of the Indonesian U-19 players, Welber Jardim, could not contain his joy. He has ambitions to win the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup with Garuda Muda.

"My struggle to come to the final was very good. We worked hard. All my friends focused on training, like now, we have to concentrate and focus on training, to come to the final, then we will become champions," said Welber.

Apart from that, Indra Sjafri as the head coach of Indonesia U-19 hopes that his team will appear freely against Thailand U-19.

The problem is, they have the main target of Indonesia U-19 is to qualify for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification and make the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup an intermediate target.

So far, Indra has high confidence in Garuda Muda to be able to perform optimally in the final because all players are growing rapidly.

"This team is still in process, preparations from December (2023) until now. We have been given the target of qualifying for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers."

"So, (The 2024 AFF U-19 Cup) is a temporary target. What makes me happy is that the players process well," he said.

Indonesia U-19 advanced to the final after overthrowing Malaysia U-19 with a narrow score of 1-0. Meanwhile, Thailand U-19 beat Australia U-19 also with 1-0 in the semifinals of the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup.