Eid Holiday, Indra Sjafri Asks U-20 National Team Players To Keep Eating Patterns

Indra Sjafri (Doc. PSSI)

JAKARTA - The coach of the Indonesian U-20 national team, Indra Sjafri, closed the team ahead of Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Fitr 2024. In that quiet period, Indra Sjafri advised all employees to maintain their diet.

The U-20 Indonesian national team has completed the last training camp (TC) in Jakarta on Thursday, April 4. After that, they all got a holiday quota until they would return to assembly on April 17.

During the training break, Indra Sjafri said the players certainly understood what food was useful and not for an athlete. So, the coach believes that his team will not arbitrarily choose the food menu during vacation time.

"They are already players who know about good nutrition. And we trust the players," said Indra Sjafri in a statement quoted on Sunday, April 7.

"And when it comes to their nutrition, they really understand. What can't be done," he added.

On the same occasion, Indra Sjafri did not really want to limit the euphoria of the players when they gathered with their families on holidays. However, he only asked the players to realize the reasonable limits regarding food intake as an athlete.

"If he's for example the atmosphere of Eid tastes typical foods made by his mother's father, why not? And I think they understand very well what he's going to do," said the coach.

Apart from the message entrusted by Indra Sjafri, the agenda of the U-20 national team which will resume TC on April 17 is one of the preparatory steps. The reason is, Garuda Muda will undergo several important agendas such as the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup, the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification which will later lead to the 2025 Chile U-20 World Cup.