Indonesia’s “Bola OK Zone” reported on the 29th (Korea time), “Indonesia coach Shin Tae-yong could be fired depending on the outcome of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.”
Indonesia, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, lost 0-4 to Australia in the round of 16 of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup at Alaiyan Jasim bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar on the 28th.
With this, coach Shin Tae-yong and Indonesia’s journey to the tournament has ended. He led Indonesia to the finals for the first time since 2007 and set a history of the first round of 16. Indonesia has made a total of four Asian Cup finals so far, but all of them have been eliminated from the group stage.
It was a dramatic advance to the round of 16. Indonesia was on the verge of elimination after losing 1-3 to Japan in its third Group D match on the 24th. However, as Oman, the third-ranked team in Group F, tied with Kyrgyzstan 1-1, Indonesia got on the last train with the fourth-highest performance among the six third-ranked teams in each group.
However, Australia’s wall was high. Indonesia put strong pressure on Australia from the beginning to play well, but gave up an unfortunate own goal in the 12th minute of the first half, and started to get twisted. Eventually, Indonesia collapsed, allowing two runs in the last minute of the second half.
Still, coach Shin Tae-yong did not lose hope. “Congratulations on Australia’s advance to the quarterfinals. I learned a lot thanks to your hard work. I say that I did the best in this tournament,” Shin said after the match. His first goal came after hitting the defense line. He had no luck. If it wasn’t for his own goal, I could have gone with more flow, but I couldn’t. His performance itself was not lagging behind. I want to compliment the players for their hard work.”
Indonesia did not back down against Australia on the day. A foreign correspondent said the situation put Australia in a panic. “I was never lagging behind Australia in terms of contents of the game,” coach Shin Tae-yong said. “I was not behind Australia in terms of contents of the game. Players performed what I said well. However, I had some regrets in terms of experience and other factors. If I could have recovered such performance, my score would have been equal,” he said in expressing positive aspects.
Despite the defeat in the round of 16, the atmosphere in Indonesia seems to admit that coach Shin Tae-yong has made a great achievement. Indonesia’s “TV1 News” reported that “Perry Sandria, a commentator from the Indonesian national team, asked the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) to quickly renew his contract with coach Shin Tae-yong.”
The contract between coach Shin Tae-yong and Indonesia will end in June 2024. “Of course, it is up to PSSI to decide whether or not to sign an extension. But I hope you make a careful decision,” Sandria said in an interview. “Personally, I think it is natural for PSSI to propose renewing the contract.”
However, contrary to this opinion, Indonesia is still expected to test coach Shin Tae-yong. They maintain their position that the Indonesian U-23 national team will only renew its contract if it scores more than the quarterfinals at the U-23 Asian Cup in April. 토토사이트
“PSSI President Eric Thohir has already told Shin that his advance to the U-23 Asian Cup tournament is a prerequisite for renewing his contract. If he fails to sign the contract, the possibility of signing an extension is very slim,” Bola O’Kijon said.
The media outlet said, “Chairman Tohir himself mentioned it. It’s because U-23 has 16 teams, so I think it can go up enough,” and emphasized, “If we fail to achieve our goal and do not extend it with coach Shin Tae-yong, we will turn to a coach from Germany.”