JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team will face China in the 2026 World Cup Qualification continued match. Ahead of the match on June 5, 2025, PSSI guarantees that the quality of the team is currently evenly distributed between the core and reserve players.
Ahead of the match against China, Patrick Kluivert has indeed summoned 28 names for the training camp (TC). From that agenda, there are old names, such as Stefano Lilipaly, Yakob Syuri, Yance Syuri, Asnawi Mangkualam, to Reza Arya.
The five names got the opportunity again after they were not registered in the previous period. They have also been monitored directly by Kluiver during preparations.
According to Erick Thohir, as the General Chairperson (Ketum) of PSSI, the composition of the team is currently very satisfying. He also said that the competition in the team was also getting tighter to prioritize the quality of the players themselves.
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"It is very satisfying, that's what we hope there will be competition between the players. Nothing is in the safe zone or vice versa," said Erick Thohir as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
Furthermore, Erick also discussed the depth of the squad. He said that currently the core and reserve players already have the same strong quality.
Erick said that would not confuse Kluiver when he lost one player. You see, there will be substitutes who have the same quality.
"We believe that now the Indonesian national team has the strength of two times 11 which I always say. If in the past there were one or two injured players, they were already dizzy."
"Now with two goalkeepers, Nadeo (Arga Winata) and Reza Arya, I think this is a pretty deep composition. Likewise with right, left and middle defenders," he said.
As stated by Erick Thohir, in fact in the goalkeeper position, Marteen Paes was forced to miss due to card accumulation. However, Kluivert was not worried because Emil Audero was ready to replace him.
Likewise Marselino Ferdinand and Ragnar Oratmangoen who are confirmed to be absent against China. The coach can still dismantle the slick scheme because he still has Yakob Sayuri, Beckham Putra, Stefano Lilipaly, to Egy Maulana Vikri who can be a substitute.
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