JAKARTA – PSSI General Chairman (Ketum), Erick Thohirbelieve U-23 Indonesian National Team will qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup. This was stated by the former Inter Milan president after the senior Indonesian national team was only able to reach the last 16 of the 2023 Asian Cup.
The Indonesian national team failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar after being eliminated in the last 16 by Australia 0-4 on Sunday (28/1/2024) at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha. Even though he was eliminated, Erick saw that he had learned a lot to improve the quality of the Garuda squad in the future.
Because of this, the former Inter Milan official asked the players not to mourn the loss to Australia. In the future, Erick is confident that the experience in the 2023 Asian Cup will enable the Indonesian U-23 National Team to make new history, namely qualifying for the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.
“I hope that the defeat against Australia will not be something to mourn. There are still achievement targets that must be demonstrated for players and coaches alike. “I believe the U-23 team can enter the top 8 (2024 U-23 Asian Cup),” said Erick optimistically, quoted from the official PSSI website, Tuesday (30/1/2024).
The reason, continued Erick, is because the majority of the Indonesian U-23 National Team players will be strengthened by names who have appeared in the 2023 Asian Cup. So, he hopes that the experience gained by Rafael Struick cs can make them appear with confidence and achieve success. performance.
“Young age capital with additional experience in the Asian Cup should be a bigger achievement in the next Asian Cup,” hoped Erick.
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For your information, Indonesian National team recorded as the youngest team in the 2023 Asian Cup with the youngest player being Marselino Ferdinan (19 years). According to Transfermarkt data, the average age of players defending Indonesia in the 2023 Asian Cup is 22.5 years.
Therefore, the majority of Indonesian national team players in the 2023 Asian Cup can appear in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup which will be held on 15 April 2024 – 3 May 2024 in Qatar. The Indonesian U-23 national team as a debutant team is in Group A with Qatar, Australia and Jordan.