Creating a seismic shift to defeat South Korea, U23 Indonesia is very close to getting a ticket to the Olympics

U23 Indonesia was rated much lower than U23 Korea in the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian tournament taking place at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium on the evening of April 25. However, once again, coach Shin Tae Yong’s team made everyone fall in love.

The Van Dao team played a resilient match against a much higher rated opponent. They held a huge advantage in this match when they took a 2-1 lead in the first half.

Then, in the 69th minute, U23 Indonesia played better when Lee Young Joon of U23 Korea received a red card.

Class helps the Kim Chi team fight back well in a situation where there are few people. Not only that, they also scored a goal to level the score at 2-2 in the 83rd minute.

In extra time, U23 Korea continued to suffer losses when coach Hwang Sun Hong was disqualified. However, they still stood firm for 120 minutes of play.

The only thing is, U23 Korea cannot subdue the spirit of U23 Indonesia. In the penalty shootout, the Kim Chi team lost 10-11 to U23 Indonesia.

With this result, U23 Indonesia has reached the semi-finals of the U23 Asian Championship. They will meet the winner of the match between U23 Saudi Arabia and U23 Uzbekistan in the next round.

Importantly, coach Shin Tae Yong’s team is very close to getting a ticket to the 2024 Olympics. At least, now they have tickets to attend the play-off round of the tournament in Paris. The top three teams in the U23 Asia tournament will have direct tickets. The 4th ranked team will play a play-off with the African representative U23 Guinea.

This is truly a miracle of U23 Indonesia!

Before the life-and-death match against Korea, coach Shin Tae Yong received a special reward

Coach Shin Tae Yong made history for Indonesian football when he reached the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Championship in his first appearance. Not only that, he also faces the opportunity to help U23 Indonesia win tickets to attend the 2024 Olympics.

If they win against U23 Korea in the quarter-final match taking place at 00:30 on April 26, U23 Indonesia will at least have a ticket to the play-off round to compete for the Olympic spot. According to allocation, Asia will have three slots. The 4th ranked team will compete in the play-off with the African representative U23 Guinea to win tickets to continue.

Before the moment of life and death, coach Shin Tae Yong suddenly received a “huge gift”. President of the Indonesian Football Federation, Erick Thohir, determined to extend the contract with the Korean coach according to a contract valid until 2027.

The head of Indonesian football confirmed: “After enjoying typical Korean dishes and discussing the plans of Indonesian football until 2027, we decided to continue to cooperate with coach Shin Tae Yong.” .

According to the Indonesian press, after returning from Qatar, coach Shin Tae Yong will officially sign a contract until 2027. If he wins a ticket to the Olympics, the Korean strategist will be rewarded. big.

Coach Shin Tae Yong announced his surprise when the home team met U23 Korea

Fate caused coach Shin Tae Yong to face his hometown team U23 Korea in the match that directly decided the ticket to the 2024 Olympics. Before this match, the Korean coach once again repeated his opinion. Want to clash with Japan U23 more.

Head coach of U23 Indonesia said: “Like the information in the Korean media, I honestly want to face U23 Japan with U23 Indonesia. In my heart, I just want to meet U23 Korea in the final of the tournament. U23 Asia.

I want both U23 Indonesia and U23 Korea to win tickets to the Olympics. However, with the current situation, we are forced to make every effort to win against U23 Korea in the quarterfinals.”

Talking about his mood when facing his hometown team, coach Shin Tae Yong affirmed that he was very calm. He added: “At this moment, I am very calm. We have more rest than the Korean U23. Furthermore, I clearly understand the strength of the opponent.”

Coach Shin Tae Yong admitted that his biggest regret in the group stage was the match against U23 Qatar. The Korean strategist said: “I really regret the loss with U23 Qatar.

I still say that if the referee controls the match more honestly, U23 Indonesia can get better results. It’s over, let it go. But I still have a little regret in my heart.”

There is a notable detail, in 2022, coach Shin Tae Yong led U19 Indonesia to lose two matches with very heavy scores of 1-5 and 0-7 against U19 Korea during training. Muhammad Ferrari, Arkhan Fikri and Marselino Ferdinan were part of the Indonesian U19 team participating in that match.

However, coach Shin Tae Yong is still optimistic: “Don’t underestimate Indonesia U23 just because of the previous defeat. It was just a friendly match to test the squad. The players’ mentality in the match Officially it will be very different.”