Australian Opponents Must Be Careful, 6 Indonesian National Team Players Potentially Absent During Host Bahrain

JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team must appear careful and careful when traveling to Australian headquarters in the 2026 World Cup Qualification continued match. The reason is, in this match there are six players who are overshadowed by card accumulation and have the potential to miss the next match against Bahrain.

The Indonesian national team will meet Australia on the seventh matchday of Group C of the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification. This match took place at the Allianz Stadium, Sydney, on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

In that match, Patrick Kluivert's team had to be careful on the field. You see, so far there have been six players who have been rewarded with a six-match yellow card in Group C.

They are Calvin Verdok, Maarten Paes, Jay Idzes, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Muhammad Ferarri, and Marselino Ferdinand.

If against Australia these six names again get a yellow card, then they will certainly be absent from defending the Garuda Squad in the match against Bahrain in Jakarta, March 25, 2025.

Losing three of these six players would be a huge loss for coach, Patrick Kluivert. Moreover, names like Verdonk, Paes, and Idzes are important players in the current Garuda Squad.

Verdonk is a reliable player in the left sector of defense. The defender who has a career in NEC Nijmegen can also play a left center-back.

Maarten Paes' position under the crossbar has not been replaced. Likewise with Idzes who is the captain of the Red and White Team.

Left behind by Marselino Ferdinand can also make Indonesia lose an alternative in attacking.

Despite that possibility, currently the Indonesian national team has lost Ragnar Oratmangoen and Justin Hubner who will miss Australia due to the accumulation of yellow cards. However, when against Bahrain, both of them were able to return to appear.