Sunday, December 22 2024 – 12:54 WIB
Indonesian National Team squad in the 2024 AFF Cup. Photo: pssi
jpnn.comJAKARTA – The Indonesian national team’s progress in the 2024 AFF Cup or ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup had to stop after losing 0-1 to the Philippines at Manahan Stadium, Solo, Central Java, Saturday (21/12/2024).
This defeat closed the opportunity for the Garuda team to advance to the semifinals.
Football observer Justinus Lhaksana or who is familiarly called Coach Justin gave his views on the national team’s performance in this tournament.
“Let’s put aside talking about scores from a number of matches in the AFF Cup. What is clear, from a game perspective, Coach Shin Tae Yong (STY) failed to form a system with these young players. The playing pattern that STY formulated is not visible,” said Coach Justin, Sunday ( 12/22).
According to him, the Indonesian national team’s best game during this tournament occurred against Vietnam.
In this match, there was visible improvement in terms of fighting spirit and passing accuracy compared to other matches.
“Against Vietnam, there was a high fighting spirit from the start, passing was much more accurate than in previous matches, however, that was only in one match. Apart from that, there was no real consistency,” he added.
Coach Justin believes that STY has homework to do to keep the players mentally calmer when competing.
The Indonesian national team was eliminated from the 2024 ASEAN Cup. Coach Justin believes that the STY coach failed to form a playing system with young players.
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