Guessing The Next Line Of The Indonesia U-24 Vs Kyrgyzstan National Team Without Ramadan Sananta

The Indonesian U-24 national team will face Kyrgyzstan in the inaugural match of Group F of the 2023 Asian Games without Ramadan Sananta. (Photo: Cosmas Kopong Beda/VOI)

JAKARTA - The U-24 Indonesian national team will face Kyrgyzstan in the inaugural match of the 2023 Asian Games Group F preliminary. In this match, the Garuda Muda squad will not be strengthened by the mainstay striker, Ramadhan Sananta.

Sananta finally did not join the team because she did not get permission from the Persis Solo club. In fact, his name has been registered because he was initially given the green light from the Liga 1 club.

Sananta's absence is clearly unfortunate. However, the U-24 national team coach, Indra Sjafri, still has several front players to be the focus.

The first is Titan Agung. This player is in the same position as Sananta, which is a pure striker.

Indeed, his performance at the club and national team was not as complex as Sananta. Titan has only played for Bhayangkara FC twice and has not scored a goal or assist.

Apart from Titan, there are actually the names Egy Maulana Vikri, Hugo Samir and Ramai Rumakiek. The first name may have experienced and performed well.

However, Egy is not a pure striker because he operates more frequently on the wing.

While Hugo and Ramai are also more or less the same. In addition, both of them also still doubt if they have to be the first choice considering the lack of flight hours.

Coach Indra certainly had anticipated this when he called the U-24 national team squad to compete in the 2022 Asian Games. By making several adjustments, the man who brought Indonesia to win the 2023 SEA Games gold medal might function Titan as the number nine fake (false nine) to open up more space for wingers to threaten the Kyrgyzstan goal.

The 4-3-3 formation, which is the favorite of coach Indra, will most likely be re-implemented in the first match of the Asian Games group stage.

The goalkeeper's position has a great chance to return to Ernando Ari's. Meanwhile, in the back line, the Alfeandra Dewangga, Rizky Ridho, Andy Setyo, and Haykal Alhafiz quartets were likely to be played from the start.

In midfield, Ananda Raehan will fill the defensive midfield position. Meanwhile, Syahrian Abhimanyu and Muhammad Taufani were assigned to distribute the ball for the forwards.

For the front line, it is likely that coach Indra will play trio Egy, Hugo, and Titan. Titan may be assigned as a space opener, to give Egy and Hugo the opportunity to penetrate the Kyrgyzstan penalty box, according to what was confiscated from Antara.