JAKARTA - The U-20 Indonesian national team coach, Indra Sjafri, revealed a fairly high personal target for his team. The 61-year-old coach is determined to bring Garuda Muda to qualify for the 2025 U-20 World Cup which will be held in Chile.
Indra Sjafri revealed the target when he led the team to undergo a training camp (TC) at the Madya Stadium, Senayan, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, afternoon WIB.
The coach revealed the target was based on the experience he had gone through.
"I have led the U-20 Indonesian national team three times in the U-20 Asian Cup. All teams certainly want the best."
"Therefore, I personally target to qualify for the 2025 U-20 World Cup," said Indra Sjafri.
With such a high target, the coach is also realistic that it is not easy to achieve it.
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For this reason, he must be able to bring the team to the top four of the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup which will be held in China and followed by 16 countries. There are only four slots for Asian representatives to the 2025 U-20 World Cup.
In the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup which took place in China, February 2025, the Indonesian national team joined Group C with Iran, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. Only the top two rankings will qualify for the quarter-finals.
Regarding the opponents to be faced in Group C, Indra Sjafri admitted that he had no problem. He said that the most important thing is to make maximum preparations, especially in determining players in the team.
"Therefore, we must make good preparations, choose the best players so that there is no lie between us, to ask for data."
"So, indeed the best thing we will choose will be announced a week before leaving," said Indra.
In addition to conducting training camps in Jakarta, the U-20 Indonesian national team will conduct a series of trial matches in a mini tournament in Surabaya, East Java.
Young Garuda will fight Jordan, Syria and India in the trial.
Indonesia U-20 Trial Schedule
Indonesia U-20 vs Jordan (24 January 2025) Indonesia U-20 vs Syria (27 January 2025) Indonesia U-20 vs India (30 January 2025)
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