# Indonesia's Shin Taeyong's favorite student, "Korea match? Olympics is my goal"

Coach Shin Tae-yong 54 is rewriting the history of Indonesian soccer, which ranks 134th in the world. The key center back, who has been trusted since his inauguration, expressed his ambition with his teacher.

Indonesia will face South Korea, ranked 23rd in the world, in the quarterfinals of the 6th Asian Football Confederation U-23 Asian Cup from 2:30 a.m. on April 26.

Rizki Lido 23 said in an interview posted on the website of Percija Jakarta, his team in the first division of Indonesian professional football, Of course, it is very happy and grateful to pass the round of 16 and advance to the tournament, but added, The national team has a bigger goal.

Coach Shin Tae-yong is changing Indonesian sports to finish second in the 4th Southeast Asian Championship under the age of 23 in 2023, the 31st Southeast Asian Games men's soccer bronze medal in 2022.

He not only led Indonesia to advance to the U-23 Asian Cup for the first time, but also led Indonesia to the quarterfinals. Rizky Lee, who has been in charge of central defense since the preliminary round, also said, I'm really happy, without hiding her satisfaction, but also hoped to be in the top three and qualify for the Olympics.

At the U-23 Asian Cup, 3.5 tickets for the berth to the 33rd Paris Summer Olympics are up for grabs. If the player finishes fourth, he will have to pass the Asia-Africa qualifying playoff. Rizky Lido has revealed her big dream of going straight to the finals.

Indonesia was the first and last Olympic men's soccer team to finish seventh in the 16th Melbourne Games in 1956. However, it passed the preliminary round 68 years ago, thanks to Taiwan's refusal to play in protest against FIFA's decision to ban the use of national flags.

Since then, all 15 Olympic qualifiers have been eliminated. If Shin Tae-yong qualifies for the finals in his 16th attempt, he will set an achievement that will be recorded for a long time in the history of sports in Indonesia.

Of course, South Korea, which aims to pass the Olympic men's soccer qualifiers for nine consecutive times and advance to the finals for 10 consecutive times, is a very difficult opponent. Rizky Lee also admitted, I am well aware that it is not easy to reach the quarterfinals immediately to challenge to win the top three.

Shin Tae-yong served as the leader of the Korean national team for five seasons, including the acting head coach of the A team in 2014-2017 and the head coach of the U-23 team in 2015-2016 and the A team in 2017-2017.

The quarterfinal match at the U-23 Asian Cup has special meaning for Coach Shin Tae-yong as well. However, all Indonesian players will try their best to fight the match against Korea, Rizky Lido said. [토토사이트](https://cmriindia.org/esports-betting-site/)