The Reality Of The Indonesian National Team: Shin Tae-yong's Complaints Still Regarding Engineering

The coach of the Indonesian national team from South Korea, Shin Tae-yong is currently busy preparing the U-19 national team for the 2023 U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers. (Instagram/@pssi)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team coach Shin Tae-yong fell because he could not reach Edo Febriansyah's ball which was too wide. He immediately gave a punishment in the form of a slow kick to the back of the left back of the player from Kediri, East Java.

It was seen in the second day of training at the Indonesian national team training camp ahead of FIFA Matchday at the Gelora Trisakti Stadium, Kuta, Bali on January 21, 2022, which was posted by PSSI YouTube.

Shin Tae-yong did not deny that the National Team's passing capabilities are aspects that still need to be addressed. He even gave an example of how to hold the ball and body movements when performing passes at the ABC Senayan Field, Jakarta on November 9, 2021.

"When I was right, I just ran, one more touch. The arrow is locked, I have to lock the ankle," said Shin Tae-yong, as imitated by his translator.

After the Indonesian national team lost 0-1 to Afghanistan in a test match at Gloria Stadium, Antalya, Turkey on November 16, 2021, she again revealed the same thing.

"Hal yang harus diperbaiki adalah mengurangi kesalasanpassing. Keluangan gol pun karena berawal dari kesalahan tersebut," kata Shin Tae-yong dilansir dariKompas.com.

Currently, Shin Tae-yong is preparing the U-19 national team to go to the U-20 2023 Asian Cup Qualification on September 14-18 2022. Not just passing techniques, he also gave notes for his players not only to focus on the ball. Everyone must be able to read the situation on the ground, when to move to find space, when to defend.

"Don't have a new ball running. When the ball doesn't exist, you don't think about it. You have to keep thinking, you have to be able to make decisions," said the 51-year-old coach.

In addition to technique, how to manage emotions is also a concern because U-19 players are entering the transition period for teenagers to adults. Shin Tae-yong doesn't want any decisions to be detrimental just because he is emotional. Football is a team game.

"We must both respect," he said.

Nova Arianto, assistant coach Shin Tae-yong had given several notes and inputs as things that needed to be improved in early childhood development:

"This is what we feel is lacking in the current National Team from the U Team 19 to the senior national team. To improve, we have to start early childhood football because before they learn tactics, it's a good idea for them to be provided with good technique andskillindividu," he said.

"Everything is a shared task because we all want Indonesian football to continue to grow and excel," Nova Arianto added in a post on his Instagram account on July 18, 2022.

The records of the coach and assistants certainly raise various questions regarding the quality of the Indonesian national team players. How can it be that players who cannot pass well can be selected for the national team? Is it because there is no choice?

According to the founder of SSB Sukmajaya as well as a National football observer, Supartono JW, the main problem lies in a bad early coaching system. In fact, football is not just about technique. The most basic thing to develop is intelligence.

Without intelligence or intelligence, how can players have good personality, mentality, and technique. Smart people sometimes still fail to control mentally and emotionally, how about players whose intelligence is not honed properly.

"It's been technical and physical training so far that it's not true, the brain is the foundation of intelligence to overcome engineering, physical and mental problems, not being worked on, that's the reality," Supartono told VOI, Friday (3/9).

That's why advancing Indonesian football must start from the base. It's time for grassroots football to be handled properly in various ways. Including in terms of coaching that should be done by coaches or teachers who meet the standards of educating early childhood.

"However, football coaching at an early age must also pay attention to the right educational intake so that the ability of his mind will be honed," Supartono emphasized.

Launching Tribunnews, Barcelona club Academy La Masia which is often called one of the best football academies in the world only gives students a time of 1 hour 45 minutes per day to practice football. This is much shorter than the time to study at school for 6 hours.

Until the 16-year-old players, they never had fitness training. Simply practice with the ball. After passing 16 years, then it is introduced little by little with fitness training, such as fitness and aerobics, even though they are still united in practice with the ball.

Through this process, a number of big names were born in the world of football with an intelligence level above average, such as Messi, Xavi Hernandez, Andreas Iniesta, and Sergio Busquest.

The La Masia dropouts could even bring Barcelona to the top of glory.

Sir Alex Ferguson simply admitted, "They are the best team we [MU] have ever faced in my time as a manager. No team can make it difficult for us like that. This is a great moment for them. They deserve to win because they play well and enjoy football."