Indonesia U-16 National Team Coach Reveals 3 U-16 Australian Forces

The U-16 Indonesian national team will face Australia U-16 (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - The U-16 Indonesian national team coach, Nova Arianto, will escort the team in the 2024 AFF U-16 Cup semifinals or the U-16 ASEAN Championship. Facing Australia U-16, Nova revealed three opponent strengths that his team must watch out for.

The 2024 AFF U-16 Cup semifinal match will bring together Indonesia U-16 vs Australia U-16 at Manahan Stadium, Solo, on Monday, July 1, 2024, WIB night.

Ahead of this match, Nova did not deny that the opposing team would have the potential to trouble its students, especially in Australia, the U-16 being the leading country. However, that does not mean that Indonesia U-16 will be easily broken.

According to Nova Arianto's view, there are three advantages that the opponent must anticipate. The first thing is about body posture.

"We are aware that the problem of Australia's U-16 player posture is quite high," Nova Arianto said in a statement quoted on Monday, July 1, 2024.

In addition, Nova said that the vision of the opponent's game must also be watched out for. In his view, Young Socceroos can carry out the strategy his coach wants well and is well planned.

"In addition, Australia's U-16 way or vision of playing is very good. I am very wary of Australia's U-16," said the coach.

Lastly about concentration. For Nova, Australian U-16 players looked very focused for 90 minutes. This is an advantage of the opponent and can be a weak point for Putu Panji and his friends.

"Hopefully the players (Indonesian U-16 National Team) can fix it (about concentration) and focus more on achieving the best results," he said.