Jordi Becomes The Highlight Of Australian Coach Ahead Of The Indonesian National Team's Opposite

Indonesian national team defender Jordi Amat (@jordiamatat5)

JAKARTA - Australian national team coach Graham Arnold has been in the spotlight on one of the Indonesian national team players, Jordi Amat. This follows the upcoming round of 16 of the 2023 Asian Cup, Sunday 28 January. Ahead of the clashes at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Graham Arnold realized that the Garuda squad contained a number of naturalized players. Even one of them is a Spanish-derived player, Jordi Amat. "They have several new players. There are also Spanish (derivatives) players who play (Jordi Amat). I pay attention to it," said Graham Arnold during a press conference session before the match quoted on Sunday, January 28. With the composition of the naturalized players, Arnold felt that the Indonesian national team was a team that should be taken into account. The 60-year-old coach also considered the Garuda squad to be a tough opponent with the quality it has. In my opinion, Indonesia has a strength in this competition. In every match we are preparing and always ready for a fierce match. We expect it in the match,' said Arnold. We must not lose mentally and must really be ready to present the best performance in the match to complete our mission,'' he added. In addition to the composition of naturalized players which he considered could be a strength, Arnold also considered so far the Indonesian national team showing a quality game. Turnaments are getting more difficult now and their team is growing. They are against Japan and Iraq as a strong team and can beat Vietnam. We have watched their matches,' he continued.

On the other hand, Australia is an opponent who has a better ranking than the Indonesian national team. But that doesn't make Arnold boast, he just wants the players to focus on every game that will be played. "We have to focus on this one game first. Don't look too far at what hasn't happened yet. We focus on what can be achieved. Tomorrow we will fight Indonesia and focus on it for the match," he said.