Liputan6.com, Jakarta Indonesian U-24 national team will immediately start its struggle in sporting events multi-event Asian level. Garuda Muda’s troops, members of Group F with North Korea, Kyrgyzstan and China Taipei, are scheduled to start their first match on Tuesday (19/9/2023).

It was Kyrgyzstan who was the first opponent of the Red and White team in the group stage of the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games. After that, the Indonesian U-24 national team will face China Taipei on Thursday (21/ 9/2023), before facing North Korea in the last match of Group F, next Sunday (24/9/2023).

The national team managed to get a ticket to the top 16 as one of the best third places. They must then meet Uzbekistan on Thursday (28/9/2023).

Garuda Muda coach Indra Sjafri had earlier called 22 names to strengthen his squad for the tournament. multi-event Asia. Unfortunately, the Red and White team currently only has 19 players because the other 3 were unable to join them.

Ramadhan Sananta canceled his trip to the Land of Bamboo Curtains because Persis Solo wouldn’t let him go. Meanwhile, Beckham Putra and Kadek Arel had to postpone their start after both suffering successive injuries and illnesses.

The absence of all three players will undoubtedly pose a big challenge for the Indonesian national team at the 2023 Asian Games. Nonetheless, Garuda coach Muda remains optimistic about the existing team’s makeup and is determined to maintain the team’s concentration during the competition.

“All 22 players already have it ID card Asian Games and can no longer be replaced because we replaced 9 players from the list we entered at the beginning,” explained Indra Sjafri in response to the absences of Sananta, Kadek Arel and Beckham Putra.

“The important thing now is that my team and I will focus on these Asian Games, with all the players here,” said the coach who led Indonesia to a gold medal at the 2023 SEA Games.

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