Indonesia initially successful with player naturalization policy

Frankly speaking, in the match against the Vietnamese team in the second leg at My Dinh Stadium on March 26, the naturalized players of Indonesia played very professionally, strictly following the instructions of the coaching staff. They were ready to use tricks to prevent the attacks of the Vietnamese players. This not only slowed down the pace of the attack but also frustrated the home team players. Up front, striker Oratmangoen played very calmly and handled the ball accurately. The goal that brought the Indonesian team to a 2-0 lead by Oratmangoen in the first half had a shooting angle very similar to the one that Tien Linh of the Vietnamese team missed shortly after. If Oratmangoen's left-footed shot easily defeated goalkeeper Nguyen Filip, Tien Linh's powerful left-footed shot went quite far off the goal. That is the difference between a striker playing for Fortuna Sittard in the Dutch National Championship and a striker playing in the V-League.

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Thom Haye (left) , the most expensive naturalized player of the Indonesian team

In the opening goal, center back Jay Idzes, who plays for Venezia FC in Italy's Serie B, used his superior height (1.91 m) to defeat the defense and goalkeeper Nguyen Filip of the Vietnamese team. Not to mention midfielder Ivar Jenner (1.88 m tall) who could not come to Vietnam for the second leg due to a fever. Jenner came from Ajax's training camp, played for the Dutch U.15 team and is currently playing for Utrecht in the Dutch National Championship. In addition, Mr. Shin Tae-yong also has Thom Haye, a player currently playing for SC Heerenveen - Doan Van Hau's old club and is valued at 3 million euros (more than 80 billion VND) by Transfermarkt. Notably, Haye and Sandy Walsh (another naturalized Indonesian player) were in the Dutch squad that won the 2012 European U.17 Championship.

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One thing that is easy to see is that although they also use the policy of naturalizing players like many countries in the region such as the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia, Indonesia's approach is quite different. First, they do not naturalize players who are not of Indonesian origin, meaning that the player must have half Indonesian blood. This is very different from what Singapore and Malaysia did before when they only naturalized foreign players in the true sense. Second, the naturalized players are all very young, most of them are only 20-24 years old, except for midfielder Thom Haye (29 years old). Third, the naturalized players all play in high-level tournaments in Europe, from the Dutch National Championship to Serie B in Italy or the Championship (England's second division).

With these quality players, along with talented domestic players promoted from the youth team such as Marselino, Witan..., coach Shin Tae-yong can now think of bigger and longer-term ambitions with Indonesian football.

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