After Defeating Chakallikli Spor in a Trial in Turkey, Shin Tae-yong Leaks 2 Weaknesses of the Indonesian U-20 National Team

Indonesian U-20 national team (Instagram.com/@pssi)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian U-20 national team succeeded in carving out a 2-1 victory in the trial against Cakallikli in Turkey on Monday. Even though he won, Shin Tae-yong saw that his students still lacked.

Two things that caught the attention of the South Korean coach were pressing and ball possession. According to him, the players are still not strong in these two aspects.

"So the weakness at this time is when they lose the ball, they like to stand still. Our players should be pressing so that the opponent doesn't get a good chance or counterattack", said Shin Tae-yong in a statement on the PSSI official website, quoted on Tuesday.

Seeing his team's performance against Cakallikli, Shin Tae-yong asked the players to try to grab the ball if it escaped their control.

"So the players until now still lose the ball, they don't press. It has to be fixed slowly. And the weaknesses are also slowly being fixed", he said.

Despite giving corrections, the 52-year-old coach still saw positive developments made by Ronaldo Kwateh et al.

Shin Tae-yong also wants to continue to improve his physical strength and basic ball-handling skills while the player is in Turkey.

"So all this time there has been physical training from now on. Indeed, the focus is on basic skills and passing, yes. Today has also started testing and so the focus is more on the match", said the South Korean coach.

This trial agenda is a series of training camps (TC) for the U-20 national team in preparation for the U-20 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan in early 2023. The U-20 national team with Japan is in pot 2 of the 2023 U-20 Asian Cup draw and has the opportunity to clash with Vietnam.