Toni Firmansyah Called To The U-20 Indonesian National Team, Persebaya Coach Chooses A Cuek Attitude

JAKARTA - Persebaya Surabaya coach, Paul Munster, gave a cold response to the summons of his young player to the U-20 Indonesian national team.

Toni Firmansyah's summons to the Garuda Muda Squad to survive in South Korea were greeted with a indifferent reaction from the coach.

Previously, it was known that Toni Firmansyah was included in the U-20 Indonesian national team for a match test in South Korea. The agenda is a warm-up ahead of appearing in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification which will take place on 21-29 September 2024.

On the Seoul Earth On Us Cup 2024 agenda, Indra Sjafri's team will face Thailand, South Korea (South Korea), and Argentina.

Held at the Seoul Mokdong Stadium, this event will take place from 28 August to 1 September 2024.

Regarding the summons of the player, Paul Munster admitted that he did not want to talk much about the long-term training camp. Moreover, before Toni Firmansyah was given frozen sanctions from the squad after he was absent from team training.

"He (Toni Firmansyah) was summoned by the U-20 Indonesian national team and had to leave. We focus on the existing players to perform optimally against Barito Putera and the next game," said Paul Munster in his statement during team training quoted on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

In addition, Paul Munster also did not want to assume his team appeared without Toni. For him, there is or without the player, he will continue to formulate the best composition for the third week of the 2024/2025 Liga 1 match against Barito Putera.