Indonesian U-23 National Team Vs Iraq For Olympic Tickets, Shin Tae-yong: Let's Go To Paris!

Shin Tae-yong (Photo: Instagram @shintaeyong777)

JAKARTA - The U-23 Indonesian national team will face Iraq in the race for third place in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup which will also determine the way to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Given the importance of this match, Shin Tae-yong as the coach spreads enthusiasm so that his team can ambition to go to Paris.

The crucial match meeting between the Indonesian U-23 and Iraqi national teams will take place at the Abdullah bin khalifa Stadium, Qatar on Thursday, May 2 evening WIB.

Prior to that match, Shin Tae-yong ensured that his team would put up full focus to beat Iraq. Especially if you qualify for the Olympics, history will be created.

With a big target in sight, Shin Tae-yong forgot the bad results in the previous match. He tried to focus and asked for full support in order to burn the players' enthusiasm to Paris.

"Although we have a lot of regrets about the match against Uzbekistan, we are back looking at tomorrow's game," Shin Tae-yong said on his Instagram account quoted Wednesday, May 1.

"All of our players have worked very hard. Please give us a lot of support so that we can win the last match of the third and fourth place,"

"Let's go to Paris!" continued the coach excitedly.

In the previous match, the U-23 Indonesian national team was forced to admit the superiority of Uzbekistan after losing with a score of 0-2. The controversy accompanied the match due to a number of referee decisions.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi national team had to meet with the Garuda Muda Squad after losing to Japan with a score of 0-2. Goals in the first half of Mao Hosoya and Ryotaro Araki confirmed the Blue Samurai to the top party for the first time since 2016.

Facing Iraq in the race for a third title is not the only way the U-23 Indonesian national team can take to be able to walk to the 2024 Paris Olympics. If you lose, Marselino Ferdinand et al still have the option of qualifying by playing off between confederations by challenging Guinea.