After the defeat, U23 Indonesia regretfully misses Shin Tae-young

After the Indonesian U23 team failed in the 2026 U23 Asian qualifiers, the Indonesian media began to compare and regret with coach Shin Tae-young.

Shin Tae-yong helped U23 Indonesia play impressively in the previous tournament.

According to BolaSport , the recent results show a clear decline in the last two U23 Asian Cups. The achievements of U23 Indonesia in the two recent tournaments are completely different, under the leadership of two different coaches: Shin Tae-yong and Gerald Vanenburg.

Shin Tae-yong was in charge of the 2022 and 2024 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers, while Gerald Vanenburg was in charge of the team in the 2026 qualifiers.

If Indonesia failed in the 2022 qualifiers, then in the 2024 qualifiers, Coach Shin took the young team of the archipelago to new heights. At that time, he had in his hands a group of excellent players, most of whom had just won the gold medal at the 2023 SEA Games.

According to BolaSport , the Korean coach also faced difficulties when some key players were injured after the AFF U23 Cup 2023. However, right from the qualifying round, U23 Indonesia showed a bright face. With the 3-4-3 formation that Shin Tae-yong applied, the team suffocated the opponent and won a ticket to the U23 Asia 2024.

However, Shin Tae-yong was fired in early January 2025, right after the failure at the AFF Cup 2024 and in the context of PSSI wanting to "change generals midway" to focus all their efforts on the 2026 World Cup campaign.

PSSI believes that Coach Shin is not able to communicate well with the players, making the transfer of tactics and goals ineffective. He does not speak Indonesian or English, forcing him to rely entirely on interpreters - this causes internal obstacles for the team, especially when there are many players naturalized from Europe.

Then, Patrick Kluivert was announced as his successor, showing a new direction of “Dutchification” of the Indonesian team. Therefore, Kluivert was not interested in developing talents from the U23 team.

Source: https://znews.vn/sau-that-bai-u23-indonesia-tiec-nho-shin-tae-young-post1583978.html