What is Indonesia preparing for the decisive match with the Vietnamese team at the Asian Cup?

At the 2023 Asian Cup, Indonesia and the Vietnamese team are in Group D with Japan and Iraq. The match with Indonesia could decide the ticket to the round of 16 for the Vietnamese team. Therefore, the movements of the team from the archipelago are very closely watched.

Indonesia just lost 0-4 to Libya, despite having 7 naturalized players in their squad. After this defeat, the team from the archipelago country revealed that there will be changes.

Indonesia (red shirt) disappointed in loss to Libya

Indonesia will continue to play a friendly match with Libya in Türkiye on January 5. In the upcoming match, the media of the archipelago predicts that coach Shin Tae-yong will change the lineup.

For example, the part-British Elkan Baggott will replace Dutch-born defender Justin Hubner, who was a disappointment in the match against Libya on January 2.

Or players of Indonesian origin like Marselino Ferdinand or Pratama Arhan will be used earlier in the rematch against Libya. In addition, Mr. Shin Tae-yong also plans to change the goalkeeper, Ernando Ari will replace goalkeeper Syahrul Trisna.

In terms of personnel and playing style, the Korean coach who is leading the Indonesian team will likely switch to a three-defender formation. This formation has recently become familiar to Korean coaches.

Besides, because Indonesia's defense is not playing solidly, Mr. Shin Tae-yong is aiming to use 3 central defenders in defense to increase the ability to cover for the home team.

What experts and Indonesian football fans had feared before had actually happened. After using a large number of naturalized players, the Indonesian team almost lost its identity in playing style and lost cohesion in coordination.

Naturalized player Justin Hubner did not play well.

In terms of coordination, the Indonesian team is quite disjointed because there are too many new players. In terms of identity, the familiar passion of the Indonesian team is no longer there, because too many players in the Indonesian team were not born in the archipelago.

Coach Shin Tae-yong's task in the remaining two friendly matches before the Asian Cup, against Libya on January 5 in Türkiye and against Iran on January 9 in Qatar, is to find the cohesion that the Indonesian team is lacking.

Just like Coach Troussier in the Vietnam national team, Mr. Shin Tae-yong's position as head coach of the Indonesian national team will be decided in the next 3 matches against the Vietnam national team (1 match at the 2023 Asian Cup, 2 matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in March this year).

That's why the Korean coach is very afraid of losing to the Vietnamese team at the upcoming Asian Cup!

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