TIMNAS Indonesia will play in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers which will take place in June. For your information, the Indonesian national team is in Group A with Kuwait (the host), Nepal and Jordan.
The Indonesian national team should have been able to overcome Nepal, but Shin Tae-yong’s troops had to fight hard to get points from Kuwait and Jordan. If the two teams do not get positive results, the chances of the Indonesian national team qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup finals will be smaller.
Because, there are only 11 tickets left for the 2023 Asian Cup finals. The details are six for group winners, while the rest belong to the five best runners-up. The Indonesian national team can at least qualify through the five best runners-up.
To do so, positive results need to be obtained from Kuwait and Jordan which on paper are stronger. According to Okezone, these are the five reasons why the Indonesian national team will beat Jordan and Kuwait in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers:
5. The Indonesian National Team is in a Positive Trend
The Indonesian national team is in a positive trend after being runner-up in the 2020 AFF Cup with its young squad. Most of the players, who played in the 2020 AFF Cup, are predicted to be the focus in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers.
In addition, the mentality of abstinence, which was forged in the 2020 AFF Cup, will also play an important role in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualification. Therefore, the Indonesian national team has the capital to face stronger teams, such as Kuwait and Jordan.
4. The Indonesian National Team Game is Rising
After the AFF Cup 2020, the Indonesian national team game can be said to have leveled up. This is because the Garuda squad’s game is considered to have developed during the 2020 AFF Cup.
Various strategies were used by the Indonesian national team to fight teams with different characters in the 2020 AFF Cup. Almost all of them ended with positive results, except for the landslide defeat to Thailand in the first leg of the final which made the Indonesian national team failed to win. When performing in the 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers, the Indonesian national team should be able to perform even better.
