The number of the Indonesian National Team squad for the trial match against Tanzania increased two players, Pratama Arhan and Calvin Verdonk on Friday (31/5) morning.
The two players who have just taken part in training at the Madya Stadium, Senayan, Jakarta are Pratama Arhan and Calvin Verdonk. However, the total number of the squad training is still 19 people.
Actually, Verdonk has not been able to defend the Indonesian national team. This is because the naturalization process for NEC Nijmegen players is still being processed.
“I need to say that today Calvin Verdonk has participated in training with the National Team. “Indeed, that was Chairman Erick Thohir’s wish, of course at Shin Tae Yong’s request,” said Sumardji.
Yance Sayuri’s face was not visible. Previously, during the first training at Field B Senayan on Wednesday (29/5), Yance suffered an injury to his left thigh.
The players who are still not present at the training camp are Jay Idzes, Justin Hubner and Jordi Amat. The last name will leave Malaysia for Indonesia this Friday (31/5).
In this training session, Verdonk still looked stiff. When entering the Intermediate Stadium, this 27 year old player did not speak much. At least there aren’t any colleagues attached to him yet.
Meanwhile, Arhan entered the training field with Asnawi Mangkualam Bahar. They were at the front, considering that Asnawi was the team captain so he was at the beginning.
The Red and White team’s training atmosphere looks relaxed. Shin Tae Yong gave three minutes of guidance to the players while smiling several times. Also seen was the Team Manager, Sumardji.
After that, the players jog for about five minutes on the field. Then the player begins to stretch the muscles while playing with the ball, according to the direction of the physical trainer.
A moment later or after about 20 minutes of warm-up exercises with the ball, the practice closed. That was a sign that Shin would start practicing tactics against Tanzania.
This match will take place on Sunday (2/6) afternoon. After this match, the Indonesian National Team will have a 2026 World Cup Qualification duel against Iraq (6/6) and the Philippines (11/6).
