JAKARTA - - The U-19 national team underwent recovery training at the NK Mura Field, Hlapicina, Croatia on Wednesday, September 9 local time, after being massacred by Croatia 7-1 in the International U-19 Friendly Tournament the day before.

"Today we trained just once for the recovery of the players who played against Croatia yesterday. But for the players who did not compete or those who played little time we provided training material as usual," said U-19 national team coach Shin Tae-yong quoted from Antara. , Thursday.

The Korean tactician wants his team to perform better against Saudi Arabia on Friday at Igraliste NK Polet Stadium, Sveti Martin na Mauri, Croatia.

The performance of the two matches of the International U-19 Friendly Tournament against Bulgaria and Croatia is considered by Shin to be unsatisfactory even though David Maulana and his friends have shown positive performances several times in these matches.

Indonesia's U-19 national team lost 0-3 against Bulgaria and beat 1-7 against Croatia.

The U-19 International Friendly Tournament is part of the U-19 national team training camp (TC) in Croatia.

In addition, there will also be trial matches against several teams such as the Qatar U-19 national team, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dinamo Zagreb youth team.

The TC which took place during September 2020 was held in preparation for the U-19 Asian Cup which took place in Uzbekistan on 14-31 October 2020.

After the U-19 Asian Cup, the U-19 national team is projected to compete in the 2021 U-20 World Cup which will be held on 20 May-12 June 2021 in Indonesia.


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