When Shin Tae-yong Mulai Pasrah In Winning The U-20 Asian Cup And U-20 World Cup

JAKARTA - The U-20 Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong, seems to have begun to surrender to his team's condition ahead of the U-20 Asian Cup and the U-20 World Cup. He was also ready to build a team without a number of pillars.

The man from South Korea said his squad was not strengthened by three mainstay players Marselino Ferdinand, Ronaldo Kwateh and Muhammad Ferarri in the U-20 Asian Cup and 2023 U-20 World Cup.

"Inevitably I have to think like that because this is a matter of the squad and our preparation must be longer and better," Shin said, as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, February 15.

Understandably, to this day, Marselino Ferdinand, Ronaldo Kwateh and Muhammad Ferarri have not joined the Indonesian U-20 national team. In fact, the training camp has been carried out since February 1, 2023.

This made Shin Tae-yong upset because the three figures were the main players in the U-20 national team squad.

Marselino is now in Belgium to strengthen the KMSK team Deinze. Meanwhile, Muhammad Ferarri has not been released by Persija. Ronaldo is in Turkey exploring opportunities to continue his career at a club in the country.

Shin Tae-yong was disappointed and confused because his squad was not complete even though the time for the U-20 Asian Cup and the 2023 U-20 World Cup was getting closer.

The South Korean tactician again reminded that the 2023 U-20 Asian Cup is important even though his squad has qualified for the 2023 U-20 World Cup because Indonesia is the host.

"The tournament's opponents are teams like South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Uzbekistan that are better than us. Even though TC starts from February 1, 2023, it will still be difficult to fight them," said Shin.

The roadmap leading to the U-20 Asian Cup and the 2023 U-20 World Cup has been made, but the incompleteness of the players is considered by Shin to have disrupted his plan.

It also made Shin not dare to target anything in the U-20 international tournament on February 17-22 2023, which was used as a test run for the 2023 U-20 Asian Cup. The competition was attended by four countries, namely Indonesia, Fiji, Guatemala, and New Zealand.

"This tournament is actually good, but I am confused whether it helps or not (if the squad is not complete-ed)," said Shin.

The 2023 U-20 Asian Cup will take place in Uzbekistan on March 1-18, 2023. After that, the U-20 national team competed in the 2023 U-20 World Cup on May 20-June 11 in Indonesia.