Shin Tae-yong's Anxiety: Many Players Are Late In Joining The National Team, Feeling Uncomfortable And Disturbed

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

JAKARTA - The coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong expressed his concern about the situation ahead of FIFA Matchday. The South Korean coach admitted that many players had not joined the training camp (TC).

TC is actually scheduled to take place on June 5. However, while there were only eight players who came and attended the training session, as of Thursday, June 8, there were even 15 players who took to the field.

This situation made Shin Tae-yong feel uncomfortable. The coach said this situation was quite hampering the agenda that had to be carried out.

"Indeed, TC has actually talked about it, it will be accelerated, surely clubs should be released (players). I feel uncomfortable and disturbed because many players are on vacation, just come along too, so I'm not physically enough, I'm not comfortable," said Shin Tae-yong, quoted from the PSSI website on Friday, June 9.

With this situation, Shin Tae-yong really hopes that the clubs can release the players so that they can monitor the condition of the players.

So far, there are players who have been forced to slow down to join the reason that they still have to defend their respective clubs.

The players are Reza Arya Pratama, Yakob Sayuri, and Yance Sayuri, all three are still defending PSM who are competing in the AFC Champions League playoffs against Bali United.

Meanwhile, the majority of players competing abroad such as Jordi Amat, Saddil Ramdani, Pratama Arhan, Shayne Pattynama, and Asnawi Mangkualam are reportedly arriving on June 10-11.

In this short preparation period, Shin has an agenda for physically restoring players who have not competed for a long time.

"Last season it was a long holiday due to FIFA Matchday, so it doesn't look good physically and overall. So we don't have much time to improve the physicality of the players, but focus on training to increase the players' muscles and strengthen," explained Shin Tae-yong.

On the June edition of the FIFA Matchday, the Indonesian national team is scheduled to have two matches. The first match will be held against Palestine at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya on Wednesday, June 14.

Five days later or on June 19, Shin Tae-yong's troops will meet the world champion team, Argentina at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK).