JAKARTA - The U-23 Indonesian national team managed to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup as runners-up in Group A.
Garuda Muda has packed six points from three matches that have been played. They accompanied Qatar U-23 hosts, who won Group A with seven points, to the knockout round.
Indonesia U-23 has the certainty of qualifying for the knockout phase after overthrowing Jordan U-23 with a landslide score of 4-1 in the group's last match.
Shin Tae-yong revealed that self-confidence is one of the keys for his troops to qualify for the quarter-finals.
"I told the players to forget the defeat to Qatar U-23 and keep going. We gained confidence in us again after defeating Australia U-23," said Shin Tae-yong.
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Indonesian mentality U-23 had fallen after losing controversially to host Qatar U-23 with a score of 0-2 in the group's inaugural match.
Garuda Muda then rose in the second match against Australia U-23. They were able to overthrow Olyroos with a narrow score of 1-0.
The opening opportunity to qualify from the group stage made Marselino Ferdinand more confident in looking at the last match against Jordan U-23.
Moreover, Garuda Muda is above the wind because it only needs series results to qualify with the Australian U-23 record, it is predicted that it will be difficult to win against Qatar U-23.
As a result, Indonesia U-23 managed to crushing Jordan U-23 so that it qualified comfortably for the quarter-finals.
Now, South Korea U-23 is waiting as the opponent of Indonesia U-23 in the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.
Shin Tae-yong hopes that his students will be able to maintain their confidence in the knockout stages and not be afraid of the opponent's title as a strong team.
"I told them we have to play confidently. All of this will help us a lot (in terms of confidence) to fight in the quarter-finals, regardless of whether we win or lose, we will give 100 percent on the pitch," said Shin Tae-yong.
Indonesia U-23 vs South Korea U-23 quarter-final match will be held at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium on April 25, 2024.
South Korea U-23 qualified for the knockout stages of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup as winners of Group B after overthrowing Japan U-23 with a score of 1-0 in the last match.
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