JAKARTA - The coach of the Indonesian U-20 national team, Indra Sjafri, revealed his squad's plan to face Uzbekistan on a trial agenda. This was revealed following the uncertain plans against Thailand.
In his statement, Indra Sjafri said that initially the agenda against Thailand would be held on January 26, while against Uzbekistan was held on January 30. However, the agenda against Thailand still has not found certainty, if it is canceled then Uzbekistan will be the opponent on all dates.
"(Trials) with Thailand are uncertain. If Thailand doesn't want to, we will make two trial sessions with Uzbekistan on 26 and 30," said Indra Sjafri after the exercise quoted from Antara, Sunday, January 14.
The trial agenda prepared by the U-20 national team is an effort to prepare for breaking into the 2025 U-20 World Cup in Cile. In addition to planning to fight Thailand and Uzbekistan, the U-20 national team has also faced trials with Bhayangkara FC on Saturday, January 13, which ended in a 1-2 defeat.
Later, after passing two test agendas against Thailand and Uzbekistan, Indra Sjafri will return the U-20 national team players to their respective clubs on February 1, 2024. This is in preparation for the 2023/2024 Liga 1 match which is planned to continue on January 30, 2024.
However, if the continuation plan for the 2023/2024 Liga 1 competition is not certain, then it is possible that the coach will extend the agenda of the players' training camp in the U-20 national team.
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