U-23 National Team Last Trial Road Tonight Before The 2024 Asian Cup

The Indonesian U-23 national team during the test against Saudi Arabia/PSSI DOK

JAKARTA The Indonesian U-23 national team will undergo their last test match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tonight ahead of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

The duel between Indonesia U-23 and the UAE is scheduled to take place at the Shabab Al Expert Stadium, Tuesday, April 9 evening. Kick off the duel started at 00.30 WIB.

The match was closed or no television broadcast live. It's the same as against Saudi Arabia on Friday, April 5.

In the match against Saudi Arabia, Shin Tae Yong's squad suffered defeat with a score of 1-3. At that time, the Garuda squad played without the names of several first players.

Shin said in this match against the UAE he would exert different strengths. Core players will be installed to be ready for the Asian Cup later.

"For the next trial against the United Arab Emirates, it will be played for the core players first," said the South Korean tactician, as quoted from the PSSI website.

This trial is in preparation for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Qatar which will be held from April 15 to May 3, 2024. Indonesia is in Group A with the hosts Qatar, Australia, and Jordan.

The training camp in Dubai will end on April 10. After that, Marselino Ferdinand and his friends immediately left for Doha, Qatar.

In the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup, Indonesia's inaugural match will be against Qatar on April 15. After that, they challenged Australia, on April 18, and the last match met Jordan, on April 21.

Garuda Muda is targeted to qualify from the group stage or to the last eight. However, if possible until the semifinals of the meal, it will open up the U-23 national team for the chance to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Rizky Ridho and his friends must at least be ranked third to get an automatic ticket with the tournament winners and runners-up.

Meanwhile, the team that lost in the match for third place still had the opportunity to compete in Paris. You do this by winning the play-off match against the African representatives.