Indonesia U-19 Focuses On Mental Improvement Ahead Of The Final Against Thailand U-19

Indonesia U-19 will face Thailand U-19 in the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup final (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - The U-19 Indonesian national team will face Thailand U-19 in the AFF U-19 Cup final, Monday, July 29, 2024, at Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya.

Indra Sjafri took advantage of the break for recovery and improving the mentality of the players.

"Between the semifinals and finals we only have one day. Therefore, most importantly, we, the coaching team, are doing how the players recover so that they can really recover," said Indra.

"With time, we make sessions in class, there are psychologist sessions, how they are mentally prepared for the final match."

"After 16.00 WIB, we did a physical recovery in the swimming pool and the players who didn't play, we did a different session."

"Alhamdulillah, the players are starting to slowly recover. They, our medical team, are working very well to make breakthroughs on how to get the players to recover quickly," said Indra Sjafri again.

In fact, Indra Sjafri also did not put aside the preparation of tactics against Thailand U-19. He provides his own session to analyze opponents.

"We discussed, analyzed the Thailand U-19 match. The analysis was also carried out with players in groups. We conducted an analysis with the coaching team and math analysts," said Indra.

Apart from that, Indonesia U-19 qualified for the final after overthrowing Malaysia U-19 with a narrow score of 1-0 through a single goal by Muhammad Alfharezzi Buffon in the 78th minute.

Garuda Muda asked for prayers and support from Indonesian supporters in order to give their best in the top match against Thailand U-19.

"Alhamdulillah, we have been able to reach the final. We will have the final match against Thailand U-19. We ask for prayers and support from all Indonesian football lovers so that we can bring home the best results," said Indra Sjafri.

The Indonesia U-19 vs Thailand U-19 match will kick off at 19.30 WIB. Before that, there was a match for the third place in the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup between Australia U-19 vs Malaysia U-19 at 15.00 WIB.