JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team will continue its agenda in the September 2025 FIFA Matchday edition. The match against Lebanon was called a simulation to appear in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in October 2025.
Patrick Kluivert's team will continue their second FIFA Matchday at Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium (GBT), Surabaya. The match against Lebanon will be held Monday, September 8, 2025, at 20.30 WIB.
Armed with a 6-0 victory over China Taipei in the previous match, the Indonesian national team could appear more confident. However, they also have to look slick because PSSI chairman Erick Thohir said that the match against Lebanon was a more difficult simulation of the match.
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"The match against Lebanon from the Middle East will be a simulation of the Indonesian national team which will fight the Saudi Arabia and Iraq teams in the Fourth Round of the 2026 Asian Zone World Cup Qualification," Erick Thohir was quoted as saying on his official Instagram account on Monday, September 8, 2025.
In the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification, the Indonesian national team will face Saudi Arabia and Iraq in Group B. Playing at King Abdullah Sport City, Jeddah, the Garuda squad will face the host Saudi Arabia on October 9, 2025, then meet Iraq on October 12, 2025.
From this qualifying round, there are only two group winners who have the right to qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup finals.
Apart from Lebanon, the Indonesian national team actually planned an agenda to fight Kuwait on Friday, September 5, 2025. However, because the country from the Middle East suddenly resigned, China Taipei was replaced.
On the other hand ahead of the match against Lebanon, Patrick Kluivert hinted that he would maintain the new formation he played when he beat China Taipei.
In that match, Kluivert for the first time played a four-back formation (4-2-3-1), with Rizky Ridho, Jordi Amat, Yakob Sayuri, and Shayne Pattynama in the back row.
"Against Lebanon of course I don't want to change the system. I just want to perfect the system. There are other things that need to be improved."
"However, as you can see, the execution of the system and what I ask of the players was really well executed," Patrick Kluivert said earlier.
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