This Is The Reason Why Shin Tae-yong Called Evan Dimas And Adam Alis Who Are Still Recovering After Their Injury

Shin Tae-yong (Instagram @ shintaeyong7777)

JAKARTA - The coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong, answered questions from the coach of the Bhayangkara FC team, Paul Munster, regarding the selection of his club's players, Evan Dimas and Adam Alis, to the Garuda squad.

Quoted from an upload on Shin's personal Instagram account, @shintaeyong7777, in Jakarta, Tuesday, the South Korean tactician explained that Evan and Adam were called because he wanted to see their condition firsthand.

"These players have already joined during the match in Dubai. So I want to see firsthand and check the condition of the player," said Shin.

As for the match in Dubai, Shin Tae-yong is referring to the 2022 World Cup Qualification for the Asian zone in June 2021.

After the match Bhayangkara FC versus Madura United in Liga 1, Saturday, September 18, Paul Munster questioned Shin's decision to bring Evan and Adam to the Indonesian national team's training center (TC) even though the two players had never competed from the first minutes throughout the 2021-2022 Indonesian League 1 .

In addition, Evan and Adam called Munster are also undergoing physical recovery after injury.

Shin Tae-yong defended his policy. Apart from wanting to directly monitor his players, the South Korean national team coach at the 2018 World Cup emphasized that his selected players were the result of monitoring since the 2021 Menpora Cup pre-season tournament began.

"We, the coaching staff, have been monitoring the players since the Menpora Cup until the third week of League 1," said Shin.

Then, Shin Tae-yong also mentioned that, of the 36 players who were included in the TC of the Indonesian national team, Jakarta, some were also prepared for the 2022 U-23 Asian Cup Qualification in addition to the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification "play-off" against Taiwan which were both taking place. in October 2021.

Shin also emphasized that not all players who participated in the latest TC will participate in the two events. In addition, there will be Indonesian players from abroad who will join.

"In the future there will still be 'aboard' players who will join. Thank you to coach Paul for the questions and input," said Shin.