Indra Takes A One Day Break Time For Physical And Mental Recovery

U-19 National Team Training Ahead Of The Semi Finals (Betweens)

SURABAYA - Indonesia U-19 National Team Coach Indra Sjafri took advantage of a one-day break before the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup final match or ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship to restore physically and strengthen the mentality of his players.

The U-19 national team only has one day off to prepare for the final match of the AFF U-19 Cup against Thailand U-19 at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, tomorrow Monday (29/7) at 19.30 WIB after they beat Malaysia U-19 with a score of 1-0 in the semifinals yesterday Saturday (27/7) night.

"Alhamdulillah, we can reach the final and tomorrow is the 29th night we will have the final match against Thailand. Between the semifinals and the final we only have one day," said the 61-year-old coach through his official statement received by ANTARA in Surabaya, Sunday.

"Therefore, the most important thing is that we, the coaching team, do how the recovery of players really recovers," he added.

In today's session, he said his team's agenda was a physical recovery session carried out in the swimming pool and mental strengthening with team psychologists.

"With that tight time, we only held sessions in class, namely there was a psychologist session. How are they mentally prepared for tomorrow's match," he said.

"And in the afternoon at 4 o'clock we did a physical recovery in the swimming pool. The players who didn't play we did different sessions," he added.

Indra said that with the session that his team had conducted, he explained that the physical condition of Dony Tri Pamungkas and his friends was now very good.

"Alhamdulillah, until noon today the players began to slowly recover. Our medical team is working very well to make breakthroughs on how to recover them quickly," he said.

In addition to completing his physical and mental recovery, Indra explained that today's session was also filled with preparing the team's best strategy to beat Thailand on a mission to pick up the second victory in the AFF U-19 Cup.

"And also, we discussed analyzing the match against Thailand tomorrow. The analysis was also carried out by the players in groups. And we also analyzed the coaching team, match analysts, and our statistical team," he concluded.