Facing Australia, The Coach Asks The U-17 Indonesian National Team Not To Play In A Hurry
JAKARTA - The U-17 Indonesian national team coach, Nova Arianto, gave a advice to his team ahead of facing the Australian U-17 national team in the final match of the 2025 U-17 Asian Cup Qualification group phase. The coach asked his team to play in a hurry.
The meeting with Australia at the Mishref Stadium, Kuwait on Sunday, October 27 at 21.30 WIB will be a decisive match for the U-17 national team to secure tickets to the main round of the 2025 U-17 Asian Cup. The team that wins this match will win the group and qualify automatically.
Currently, both Australia and the U-17 national team are both collecting 6 points. However, Australia is ahead of the goal difference so it has the right to be at the top of the Group G standings.
To deal with Australia, Nova Arianto hopes that his team will not make many mistakes. Mathew Baker et al have a tendency to rush when making a transition and that should not happen.
"Our shortcomings are still the same, especially when we win the ball and make a transition, players are still in a hurry," Nova Arianto said in his statement.
The coach revealed the message because he reflected on the previous match against the North Mariana Islands. Despite winning 10-0, the Garuda Asia squad players are said to be less calm so finishing many opportunities is wasted.
Nova Arianto has emphasized that victory is a fixed price against Australia. The 44-year-old coach is clearly eyeing 3 points to immediately lock up the ticket to the main round of the 2025 U-17 Asian Cup.
In preparation for Australia's opponents, Nova backed up several reserve players during the second match of Group G such as Mathew Baker. Then Fabio Azkairawan, Nazriel Alfaro, Muhammad Al Gazani, and Mierza Firjatullah played from the bench.
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