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JAKARTA Monday, January 6, 2025 can be called a surprising day for the public, especially Indonesian football lovers. How not, PSSI General Chair Erick Thohir suddenly held a press conference to announce the dismissal of Shin Tae-yong (ASY) from the Indonesian national team coach seat!
In fact, Coach Shin is still under contract until 2027. The coach from South Korea also won various brilliant achievements during his leadership of the Indonesian national team at various age levels. Qualifying for the last 16 of the Asian Cup (with the Senior National Team), qualifying for the last 4 and the 2024 Paris Olympics playoffs (with the U-23 national team) and the most proud of Indonesian football fans is to qualify for the third round of the Asian zone 2026 World Cup Qualification.
Shin Tae-yong and the Indonesian national team footballer greeted the fans after the FIFA Matchday match at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, Monday (19/6/2023). (ANTARA/Galih Pradipta/rwa)
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STY was even able to maintain the dream of millions of Indonesians to watch the national team appear in the 2026 World Cup. How not, Jay Idzes et al are currently ranked third in Group C in the third round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers with 6 points only one point adrift of Australia in second place, which is the last position to qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup finals, with four matches remaining (two of which will take place in Jakarta).
Unfortunately, the success with the Indonesian national team was unable to save STY from his dismissal. PSSI’s big ambition under the command of Erick Thohir to compete in the 2026 World Cup is said to be the main cause of his dismissal, although initially PSSI’s target to STY only passed the national team to the third round of the Asian Zone Qualification.
In his press conference, Erick Thohir himself was reluctant to clearly reveal the reasons for STY’s dismissal. He only said that the reasons for the dismissal were due to communication, strategy and leadership problems in the Indonesian national team.
“This national team needs to also be a special concern for us in the evaluation, we see that there needs to be leaders who can apply strategies that are certainly agreed upon by the players. Then better communication and of course better program implementation as a whole,” said Erick.
On that occasion, he also revealed that there were quite complex dynamics within the Indonesian national team. If I look at the dynamics, this is quite complex. If only we make hasty decisions that are not good either. Before the match against China [we did not change coaches] because the time was too tight, yes, the best is today because we still have two months and a half to prepare because I also don’t want to make decisions that make conditions that are not good. The two and a half months are enough, “he explained.
“If we look now with many players abroad, the dynamics of each individual are of concern. If we look later on the 12th night, the plan is to have a meeting of our national team players in the Indonesian League to meet new coaches, but it is necessary that the dynamics that occur in this communication are evenly distributed. No players are trapped, this player is good, this player is lacking, in my opinion, it is not his good judgment. But we have to see this team as a composition of one,” continued Erick.
Shin Tae-yong received tens of billions of compensation from his dismissal as coach of the Indonesian National Team (VOI/Ferry Tri Adi Sasono).
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In football, the heavy ones are intangible, one of which is the teamwork for the cohesiveness of players, coaches, PSSI with the team, PSSI with the coach is a dynamic which is certainly a benchmark that is not easy to predict, but what I said earlier that we try our best at least at least we can reduce these points. One of them is the communication that I conveyed earlier. Or how the tactical issue is as written by several European media. But it is not a judgment, but it is part of the evaluation,” he said.
Change Room Conflict Makes STY Confined
So, what really happened behind STY’s dismissal? A VOI Insight source in the Exco PSSI circle admitted that it was true that initially STY was only targeted to qualify for the third round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in the Asian zone. However, the success of holding back the draw between Saudi Arabia (tempanches) and Australia (candangs) in the first two matches raised the ambition of PSSI that the national team could qualify at least to the fourth round (by ranking third or fourth in Group C). Moreover, the increase in diaspora players in the category of Grade A such as Mees Hilgers and Kevin Diks has further shocked this ambition.
Unfortunately, the match against Bahrain and China in October did not end according to PSSI’s predictions and targets. Despite being colored by the controversy over referee Ahmed Al Kaf’s leadership, Jay Idzes et al had to settle for a 2-2 draw. However, the invisible spotlight is how a number of national team players are dissatisfied with the tactics and strategies applied by STY in the match.
After the match, the national team heated up a little internally after a number of players invited STY to discuss, but the coach was not pleased. Players who questioned tactics against Bahrain then received their own consequences during the match against China. Maybe the public can also see for themselves through the line-up and shift the national team captain’s armband against China,” said the source, Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Exco PSSI member Arya Sinulingga also admitted that certain conditions had occurred which made PSSI have to step in to handle the Indonesian national team before the match between China vs Indonesia. However, he was reluctant to reveal the conditions in question, whether there was a communication or tactical problem between STY and the players. Before China already existed. Some conditions,” he said.
It did not stop there, continued a VOI Insight source, the national team players also gathered and discussed without the presence of STY or other coaching staff before the match against Saudi Arabia in Jakarta, last November. As a result, the Indonesian national team was able to carve out a historic victory over Saudi Arabia through two goals by Marselino Ferdinand.
The assistant coach of the national team at that time, Nova Arianto admitted that there was a meeting of players without the presence of coaches or other staff. However, he argued that the meeting was aimed at strengthening and maintaining cohesiveness ahead of the Saudi Arabia. Before fighting Saudi Arabia, the player did hold a meeting containing only players in one room, there were no coaches, there were no staff. There may be players strengthening each other and we are grateful that we can get the best results. If there is a problem, there is no rift,” he said.
The series of dynamics was finally considered a verdict for STY’s dismissal, as Erick Thohir acknowledged, which stated that the hot situation in the national team’s dressing room had been felt before the Chinese match. However, due to various considerations, including the schedule for the next World Cup qualifying match which is only one month away, the decision to replace the coach was canceled.
“If I see that the dynamics is quite complex. If at that time we made a hasty decision, it might not be good either. But it was felt before the match against China. It’s just too tight time to replace the coach, it’s the best today because we still have 2.5 months to prepare,” he said.
The former chairman of PSSI, Mochamad Iriawan or Iwan Bule (Mul) who brought STY to Indonesia in 2019, assessed that PSSI’s decision to fire STY was an effort to make the Indonesian national team better in the future. “It’s not good if I comment further on the current policies of PSSI management which are reshuffling the composition of the coaching team within the national team, but I believe that this is an effort from PSSI to make our national team even better in the future,” he said.
“All steps taken by PSSI must have been taken carefully. Hopefully, with this change, we can continue to make our dream of achieving it, namely Indonesia appearing in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico later,” added Ibul.
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