Shin Tae-yong's Babbling Makes The Media Riotous In Indonesia, PSSI Reacts

Indonesian National Team Coach, Shin Tae-yong (Photo: PSSI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) immediately reacted after the interview with the national team coach, Shin Tae-yong, was widely published. PSSI held a press conference after the media in Indonesia were busy reporting the coach's scathing comments.

In the press conference, Acting Task Force (Plt) Yunus Nusi said PSSI would not give any response as long as there was no direct statement from Shin Tae-yong. Currently, PSSI will still find out the truth of the news.

"There is a team that handles it. This team will directly ask Shin Tae-yong,"

Acting Task (Plt) Yunus Nusi said

As previously reported, Shin Tae-yong issued several grievances in his interview with Korean media, News Joins. On that occasion, the former coach of the South Korean national team considered PSSI to change management too often. He also highlighted the appointment of Indra Sjafri as the Technical Director of PSSI.

In the interview, the 51-year-old man also expressed some of his hopes. He asked PSSI to focus on football. Shin also hopes that he can go hand in hand with PSSI in bringing the Indonesian national team to excel.

PSSI Forms Task Force

Meanwhile, PSSI General Chairperson Mochamad Iriawan officially formed the Indonesian National Team Task Force (Satgas) team especially to handle the U-20 World Cup. On the official website of the PSSI, it was explained that this team was formed because of the many tasks of the PSSI General Chair. For this reason, the task of handling the Indonesian national team was delegated to the team, but the responsibility remains with the General Chairperson of the PSSI.

The National Team Task Force Team is chaired by a member of the Executive Committee, Syarif Bastaman. Apart from being the head of the task force, Syarif also serves as the director of the national team. He will work closely with Endri Erawan (member of the PSSI Executive Committee), Kombes Pol Sumardji (COO Bhayangkara FC), and Indra Sjafri (PSSI Technical Director).

"Several tasks have been carried out by this team and will continue to work in preparation for various events that the Indonesian national team will participate in," said Yunus Nusi, who is also a member of the PSSI Executive Committee.

Meanwhile, Syarif admitted that he wanted to make a breakthrough in his achievements. He also wants Indonesia to be successful in the U-20 World Cup, both in terms of implementation and achievements.

"We have a high target that the 2021 U-20 World Cup is at stake for the prestige of this nation. PSSI is currently doing its best," he said.