Indonesia On the afternoon of December 28th local time, the famous coach Shin Tailong, who led the South Korean team to defeat the world champion Germany in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, officially signed an agreement with the Indonesian Football Association. He will serve as the head coach of Indonesia's U-20, U-23 and national teams, and his term ends until 2023. The outside world believes that the appointment of coach Shin Tailong is more bold than Vietnam’s appointment of Park Hengxu as the national coach two years ago, because he not only includes the head coach of the National Olympic Team and the national team, but also covers Indonesia’s U-20 national team (National Youth Team). Strictly speaking, Shin Tailong has also achieved the “great unification” of the national team in Indonesia.
Shentailong signed Indonesia
In the five games held in Group G in 2019 in the 2022 World Cup, Indonesia has all played in five games, ranking at the bottom of the group. With only 3 rounds left, Indonesia has bid farewell to 2022 Qatar World Cup in advance. Therefore, for Coach Shen, there is no goal in the World Cup qualifiers. It is worth mentioning that the contract of coach Shen Tailong is stipulated at the end of 2023, which happens to be the Asian Cup year. The Asian Cup held in China is the Indonesian Football Association hopes that coach Shen Tailong can lead the team to the main competition. Focusing on the Asian Cup in China, perhaps this is also the reason why Indonesia also handed over the national youth team to coach Shen Tailong.
Shentailong's goal is to enter the main competition of China's Asian Cup
, 50, coach Shin Tailong, once served as the head coach of the South Korean national youth team to compete in the U-20 World Cup held in the local area, and led the team to participate in the U-23 Asian Championship and won the runner-up, and reached the quarterfinals in the Rio Olympics. During his national team, coach Shen Tailong also led the team to the 2018 World Cup, won the East Asian Cup championship and defeated the defending champion Germany in the World Cup. These brilliant resumes are also an important reason for the Indonesian Football Association's desire for talents. In the battle against Shenzhen Kaisa, the Indonesian Football Association finally won with sincerity, which also allowed them to see hope for Indonesian football revival.
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Coach Shen gave his opening remarks in Indonesian at the press conference that day, winning warm applause from local media. He said: "The Indonesian team lost 5 games and lost 5 times. I still feel that there are many shortcomings when watching the game, but because I also saw hope, I accepted the invitation to the Indonesian team. From now on, I will start to take the first step and proceed step by step. As long as I persist, I will see hope."
Shentailong coach first match was a duel against Nishino Ron
Shentailong is the fourth East Asian coach to take charge of the Southeast Asian national football coach after Park Heng-seok (Vietnam), Honda Keiyu ( Cambodia ), and Nishino Ron (Japan). Of course, his arrival also changed the ratio of the coaches of the Southeast Asian national teams from South Korea and Japan to 2:2. Shin Tailong's first match will be a battle between the away game with the Thai team coached by Japanese coach Ryo Nishino on March 26 next year. Southeast Asia has also become a new battlefield for the South Korean-Japanese showdown. I don't know who will last laugh this time.