Bahrain Coach Beware Of The Quality Of Abroad Players In The Indonesian National Team

Dragan Talajic (left), Bahrain coach, is wary of Indonesian national team abroad players (Instagram/@bahraint).

JAKARTA - Bahrain will host the Indonesian national team in the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification on October 10, 2024. Ahead of the match, Dragan Talajic as Bahrain's coach has learned the strength of the opposing team.

According to him, the Indonesian national team's abroad players are players with international standards and are very qualified.

He felt that the Indonesian national team was opening a team that should be underestimated. This statement was made because he reflected on the presence of players, such as Maarten Paes, Thom Haye, Justin Hubner, Rafael Struick to newly naturalized players, Mees Hilgers and Eliano Reijnders.

"They have several players from the Netherlands' top league, one in England, another in Australia, and a goalkeeper in the United States. This is an international squad," said Talajic as reported by GDN Online on Monday, October 7, 2024.

From the list of the names of the players brought by the Indonesian national team to Bahrain, Talajic believes that the Garuda Squad will clearly become a tough opponent.

"Our players know that they will be tough opponents. They really concentrate on this match," he said.

The Croatian coach even admitted that he didn't care about the match score later. He emphasized that he would still be happy if his team could win even with a narrow score of 1-0.

"If we win 1-0, I'll be happy. For me, the most important thing is victory and three points for us," said the 59-year-old coach.

Bahrain is determined to rise against the Indonesian national team in the third match of Group C of the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification. You see, in the previous match, Bahrain fell 0-5 from the Japanese seed team on September 10, 2024.