Suara.com – The Indonesian national team will soon compete in the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup, and the hope is that Shin Tae-yong’s squad will be able to perform optimally.
On the other hand, the Indonesian national team recorded poor results in the last five matches, with four defeats and one draw, which is a worrying record.
In that period, they only scored three goals and conceded 17 times. Even though they previously achieved three consecutive wins, negative performance followed.
Details of the Indonesian National Team’s last 5 matches ahead of the 2023 Asian Cup
The Indonesian national team started their journey in Group F of the second round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification Asia Zone with an away match against Iraq, which ended in a crushing 1-5 defeat.
Even though Shayne Pattynama scored the only goal for the Garuda Squad, Iraq was able to score five goals through several players.
Iraq will also be Indonesia’s first opponent in Group D of the 2023 Asian Cup.
After that, the Indonesian National Team continued to the Philippines for their second match, which ended with less than satisfactory results.
Despite equalizing with Saddil Ramdani’s goal in the 70th minute, the score 1-1 meant they had to settle for just one point.
The next three trial matches will be preparation steps for the Indonesian National Team towards the 2023 Asian Cup.
Two of them were against Libya during the TC in Turkey, while the other tested their strength against Iran in Qatar.
However, the results were less encouraging with three consecutive defeats. The Indonesian national team lost to Libya with a score of 0-4 and 1-2, and was beaten by Iran with a score of 0-5.
In these three matches, the only goal scored by the Indonesian National Team came from Yakob Sayuri against Libya, while the Garuda Squad conceded 11 goals.
Contributor: Imadudin Robani Adam