JAKARTA The U-20 Indonesian national team will continue the trial agenda by participating in the 2025 Mini Mandiri U-20 Challenge Series tournament. There is one last match left, namely against India U-20.

Before meeting India, Indonesia U-20 had already met two other teams who would both appear in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup, namely Jordan U-20 and Syria U-20. However, the final results received were not satisfactory because the Garuda Muda squad lost.

Even so, one match remaining against India could still be used by Indra Sjafri's team to show his abilities. The match against India will be held at the Gelora Delta Sidoarjo Stadium on Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 19.30 WIB.

This Indian meeting moment will be a learning material for the U-20 Indonesian national team. You see, the two teams this time were both armed with defeats to Jordan and Syria.

The difference is, the U-20 Indonesian national team lost 0-1 to Jordan and 0-2 to Syria, while India lost 1-6 to Syria and 0-5 against Jordan.

Reflecting on the previous two defeats, Indra Sjafri as the coach of the U-20 Indonesian national team hopes that this moment can be a lesson for his foster children before appearing in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup which will take place in mid-February 2025.

"These two matches are very useful for us to learn. Especially against Syria, all the players I think have played well," said Indra as quoted by Antara.

"We have seen a picture now of the quality that will be faced in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup. We are currently trying to find information," he said again.

After undergoing the match against India, the U-20 Indonesian national team still had less than two weeks before undergoing the first match in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup.

Indonesia U-20 will face Iran U-20 on February 13, 2025 in the first match of Group C of the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup.

Three days later it will be Uzbekistan U-20's turn to become the opponent. The closing match of the group phase will bring together Garuda Muda vs Yaman U-20 on February 19, 2025.

Mandiri Challenge Series 2025 Schedule

Indonesian U-20 vs India U-20 national team

Gelora Delta Sidoarjo Stadium

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Kick-off at 19.30 WIB


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