Indonesia U-23 Vs South Korea U-23, Shin Tae-yong Tak Usung Misi Khusus

Shin Tae-yong prepared the U-23 Indonesian national team well in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup quarter-finals (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - Indonesia U-23 will meet South Korea U-23 in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup quarter-final match at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Friday, April 26, 2024, early morning WIB.

The U-23 Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong, admitted that he did not carry out certain missions ahead of the meeting. He revealed that he would have the match as best he could, even though he had previously had an unpleasant experience.

Shin Tae-yong is known to have been a tactician for the senior South Korean team at the 2018 World Cup. At that time, Shin was able to bring the team to a 2-0 win over Germany even though the journey was stopped in the knockout phase.

The poor move made the fans disappointed to take an unpleasant action. When they arrived in South Korea after returning from Russia, Shin Tae-yong and the team were greeted with egg and pillow throws.

Although the incident was quite attached to Shin Tae-yong's mind, when he got the opportunity to meet South Korea U-23, the coach admitted that he had no motivation to take revenge.

"That (thrown eggs) is not a motivation. It's just a process and it's not a motivation," Shin Tae-yong said in a statement quoted on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

"I have absolutely no regrets because of the task I got. I will definitely work as much as possible. So, it doesn't become (motivated) anything (the incident)," he said.

As a South Korean citizen, Shin Tae-yong actually hopes that the U-23 Indonesian national team will meet Japan U-23 in the quarter-finals. He initially hoped to face the Warriors in the next phases, which might only be in the final.

However, Japan U-23 lost to South Korea U-23 in the last match of Group B only took second place in Group B, while Taegeuk Warriors won the group.

"Like what was discussed to the South Korean media yesterday, honestly wanted to meet the Japanese U-23."

"The problem is I want to meet South Korea U-23 in the final so I can qualify together for the 2024 Paris Olympics and have fun, can participate in the Olympics together."

"However, as we all know, the match is not what we want. So, we will still work hard to prepare against South Korea U-23 later," said Shin Tae-yong.

Indonesia's qualifying for the quarter-finals or the last eight of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup is history. For the first time, Garuda Muda participated in the event which was also qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Marcelino Ferdinand's debut and his friends in the U-23 Asian Cup immediately broke through the knockout stages. Now, they are aiming for the semifinals for an opportunity to go to the 2024 Paris Olympics.