Shin Tae-yong May Only Handle The Indonesian U-20 National Team, The Indonesian Football Association: He's Overwhelmed

The coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong. (Photo: Twitter @pssi)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) seems to be taking a big step ahead of the 2023 U-20 World Cup in Indonesia. The parent of national football plans to change the structure of the coach of the Indonesian national team.

PSSI General Chair Mochamad Iriawan said his party wanted to focus on Shin Tae-yong to train the U-20 national team. So, for senior level and U-23 will be handed over to other coaches.

Iriawan said that the policy was considered because he saw Shin's difficulty in managing the U-20, U-23, and senior national teams at once.

"In my opinion, now he is stuck with the three age groups. So we will recommend Shin only hold the national team for the U-20 World Cup," said the man who is familiarly called Iwan Bule, as reported by Antara.

However, Iriawan emphasized that PSSI would still ask for Shin Tae-yong's willingness before formalizing the plan. PSSI gave Shin time to complete the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification in Kuwait with the Indonesian national team before discussing his new assignment.

"We are waiting for Shin to return from Kuwait. After that, we will discuss it," said Iriawan.

Later, the retired police officer with the final rank of Commissioner-General continued, if Shin agreed with PSSI's wishes, the U-23 and senior national teams would be handled by a new coach.

"So later the U-23 and senior national teams will be handed over to others," said Iriawan.

Shin Tae-yong was appointed as the coach of the Indonesian national team in December 2019. He is contracted until 2023 with the main target of preparing the U-20 national team in the 2023 U-20 World Cup.

However, in the process, Shin handled the senior and U-23 national teams. While the U-16 national team is fully trained by the Milky Way with supervision from Shin.

At the senior national team level, Shin brought Indonesia to the second place of the 2020 AFF Cup and passed the "Garuda" squad to the third or final round of the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification.

Then, with the U-23 national team, Shin led his squad to get a bronze medal in the 2021 SEA Games men's football.