Indonesia U17 coach advises players: 'Brazil has nothing to fear'

Entering the extremely important match in Group H of the U17 World Cup, but the coach of the Indonesian U17 team, Nova Arianto, is still very confident.

Coach Nova Arianto advises Indonesian U17 players not to be afraid of Brazil - Photo: TIMNAS

On the opening day, the U17 Indonesia team lost 1-3 to Zambia. This was not a surprising result, as the Southeast Asian representative did not have as good a force as the other teams.

The second match of U17 Indonesia will take place at 22:45 today (7-11), with the opponent being Brazil. Just looking at the level and history of the two football countries is enough to see the big difference between the two teams.

Experts do not hesitate to predict that U17 Brazil will have a big win to quickly secure a ticket to the next round. However, Indonesia coach Nova Arianto still does not show any fear of his opponent.

He even boldly declared that there was nothing to fear from Brazil, even though this team had won the U17 World Cup four times. The strategist said: "I have the feeling that my players see the match against Brazil as something big.

I understand them when they are facing one of the best teams in the world . But I told the players not to respect them too much.

U17 Indonesia is participating in the U17 World Cup - Photo: TIMNAS

The opportunities are divided equally between the two teams, no one can predict anything. The U17 Indonesian players must enter the field with high determination and have nothing to fear."

This year’s U17 World Cup has a rather unusual format, with 12 groups. The top two teams will advance. The third-placed teams will be evaluated based on their performance, and the top eight teams will be selected to compete in the knockout round.

Therefore, the first knockout round of the U17 World Cup has 32 teams. U17 Indonesia is in Group H with Brazil, Zambia and Honduras.

With 32 teams advancing, the Southeast Asian representative still has a good chance if they don't lose heavily to Brazil and aim for a victory in the final match against Honduras.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/hlv-u17-indonesia-khuyen-cau-thu-brazil-cha-co-gi-phai-so-20251107102343465.htm