Shin Tae-yong: If The Chairman Of PSSI Must Step Back, I Too Must Resign

The Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong (right) with the chairman of PSSI, Mochamad Iriawan (left). (Photo: Doc. PSSI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong, gave his support to the General Chairperson of PSSI, Mochamad Iriawan, to stay in his position. He even said he was ready to withdraw from the position of coach of the Indonesian national team if the general chairman decided to resign.

The chairman of PSSI did get a lot of pressure to lay down his position. He is considered to be the person responsible for the tragedy in the Malang Village which has killed 132 people.

Namun, Shin memiliki pandangan berbeda. Dia menyebut, Iriawan adalah sosok yang sangat mencintai dan memberikan dukungan untuk sepak bola Indonesia selalu berkembang.

"In my opinion, if the General Chairperson of PSSI must be responsible for everything that happened and resign, I must resign. Because I think if there is an error from a co-worker who works together as a team, then I also have the same mistake," Shin wrote in his upload on Instagram, Wednesday, October 12.

"We are in the same team. Football cannot be successful if only the performance of 11 core players is good, not only the coaching staff is good, we can achieve success when everything becomes a team starting from core players, reserve players, coaching staff, officials, all federation employees including the General Chair," he continued.

Based on the South Korean men's philosophy, football is one sport that will not be able to win with only one good performance.

He gave an example of the development of Indonesian football which has been increasingly felt since its arrival is the result of many parties. Be it players, fans and also the General Chairperson of PSSI who have chosen it.

"It is unfortunate that in fact all the responsibilities were transferred to the General Chair. He has developed Indonesian football as a whole. He must also be able to overcome this situation well. I will also try harder to make Indonesian football even more advanced," he said.

"In closing, once again I want to say that I want to give full support to the victims, families of victims and all Indonesian people," concluded the former South Korean national team coach.