Many Opinions Of Entrusted Players In Indonesia U-17, Nova Arianto Firmly Denies

JAKARTA - The U-17 Indonesian national team coach, Nova Arianto, spoke up about the many opinions that alluded to the players entrusted to his squad. Understand the situation, Nova Arianto emphatically denied it.

According to Nova, this opinion arose because the situation of the U-17 Indonesian national team was different from the senior squad and other age groups.

The coach realized that Garuda Muda was really formed from scratch, aka inhabited by new players.

"There must be a lot of people with opinions (deposit players) and I can understand that," Nova Arianto was quoted as saying from the Indonesian national team's Youtube channel, Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

"Because the situation is that the U-16 Indonesian national team (cial bakal Indonesia U-17) is new players. If the U-20 Indonesian national team can see players resulting from the 2023 U-17 World Cup, for example."

"Meanwhile, the U-23 Indonesian national team can see from the U-20 Indonesian national team," he said again.

Based on this, Nova understands why the opinion of the deposited player emerged. However, Shin Tae-yong's assistant firmly dismissed the issue.

He stressed that he would not prioritize players with big names. Quality is the main concern.

"Indeed, the U-16 Indonesian national team is new players. Many people may think there are players entrusted, there is this child, that child, I make sure there is none!" said Nova.

Apart from the opinion of this deposited player, Nova Arianto had previously selected players in Jakarta to later undergo a follow-up training camp (TC) in Bali.

In the selection process, Nova is really observant in choosing players who deserve to be brought in. Now there are 35 names called to undergo TC in Bali.

The purpose of the TC is to unite the existing players with the selection results players in Jakarta which took place last week.

The TC of the U-17 Indonesian national team in Bali is planned to take place from August 12 to the end of August 2024.

After that, the Nova Arianto direction team will return to Jakarta before continuing TC in Spain in preparation for appearing in the 2025 U-17 Asian Cup Qualification in Kuwait, 19-27 October 2024.