Bad Leadership Referee Jegal Indonesia U-23 To The 2024 Paris Olympics

Shin Tae-yong highlighted the referee's performance in Indonesia U-23's efforts to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - Three opportunities to win tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics have disappeared. Indonesia U-23 failed to appear in the world's largest multi-events.

Three games in a row for a ticket to Paris ended negatively. The referee is in the spotlight because he is labeled as detrimental to Indonesia U-23.

Shin Tae-yong became the most vocal person in criticizing the referee's leadership in the two of the three parties.

First, Garuda Muda failed to reach the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup final after falling 0-2 against Uzbekistan U-23.

Shin Tae-yong could not hide his disappointment at the performance of referee Shen Yinhao from China in that match.

On the second occasion, through the fight for third place in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup, Indonesia U-23 also failed.

Garuda Muda lost 1-2 against Iraq U-23 and failed to seal an automatic ticket to Paris. However, Shin Tae-yong did not protest the referee's performance in the match.

Well, the South Korean coach's protest again occurred in the playoff match between the confederations against Guinea U-23. Shin Tae-yong even got a red card in the 0-1 defeat.

In the last line fight to the 2024 Paris Olympics, Shin Tae-yong considered Indonesia U-23 to be harmed again by referee Francois Letexier from France.

Upon arriving in Indonesia on Saturday, May 11, 2024, after the match against Guinea U-23, Shin Tae-yong could not contain his disappointment with the referee.

"For the last match (against Guinea U-23), players really work hard very hard, they work optimally," said Shin Tae-yong.

"However, with an unfair decision from the referee, I cannot accept it," he said again.

Shin Tae-yong received a second yellow card after protesting against Guinea's second U-23 penalty for Alfeandra Dewangga's foul in the penalty box.

"Several times I played the video of the match, but there were still mistakes from the referee which were very unfortunate. Do I feel this must also be (flavored) Indonesian football fans," he said.

Apart from that, Shin Tae-yong still praised his troops' maximum performance even though tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics failed to be achieved.

Now, he is focused on preparing the Indonesian national team to compete in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

The Garuda squad will face Iraq (June 6, 2024) and the Philippines (June 11, 2024) in the remaining two matches of the second round of Group F of the 2026 World Cup Qualification at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.

The Indonesian national team is one step away from qualifying for the third round. They only needed one win from those two matches.

Currently, the Red-White Team is in second place in Group F standings with seven points, four points clear of Vietnam in third place.