Fighting for Kahfi’s good place in the Indonesian U19 National Team

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

Amiruddin | Good kahfi absent during training camp (TC) Indonesia U19 team for the U19 Asian Cup 2020. It’s good not to be called up by Shin Tae Yong because he is still recovering from his injury.

Bagus is a difficult figure to replace as he was still strengthening the Indonesian U-16 team. The young man born in Magelang, Central Java, became Fakhri Husaini’s mainstay until he coached the Indonesian U19 National Team.

Well he is a complete player. The 18-year-old can play in a variety of front-line positions and is sharp on the spike.

This is evidenced by the skillful performance of the Indonesian U16, U19 and Garuda Select national teams.

Jack Brown encouraged the competition to take a place in the front row of the Indonesian U-19 national team. (PSSI doc)

However, Bagus was unlucky because he broke his ankle against Reading on March 3. The injury forced Bagus to be out for at least six months.

Currently, Bagus has been allowed to retrain. It’s just that the Barito Putera player doesn’t have enough time to get ready for the 2020 U19 Asian Cup to be played from October 14-31.

Bagus’s absence made the competition for a place in the front row difficult to predict. Furthermore, Sutan Zico, who has a lot of international experience, has also been dumped by Shin Tae Yong.

The dismissal of Sutan Zico plus the elimination of Serdy Ephy Fano and Ahmad Afhridrizal for disciplinary reasons meant that the Indonesian U-19 team did not have many options in the front row. Shin Tae Yong even only brought in three players who could occupy the position objective namely Saddam Gaffar, Moh. Bahril and Jack Brown.

The last name actually used to play as a midfielder. However, Shin Tae Yong changed Jack Brown’s position by playing him up front.

Of these three players, Saddam Gaffar is a player who excels in flying hours in international matches. The PSS striker Sleman has appeared in three AFF U-18 Cup matches in 2019 and in the 2020 U-19 Asian Cup Qualification.

Meanwhile, Brown and Bahril have never looked forward to appearing in a competitive match on the age-group national team. Brown himself is strengthening the English club Lincoln City and Bahril has a contract with PSIS Semarang.

(jal)