Specifically, CNN Indonesia wrote an article titled: "Meeting the Chinese team on October 15, the Indonesian team must be vigilant in the decisive minutes". In this article, the author commented that the weakness of coach Shin Tae-yong and his team is that they often concede goals in sensitive moments such as the beginning of the match, the last minutes of the half or the end of the match. Most recently, in the match against the Bahrain team, the archipelago team conceded a goal in the 90+6 minute and lost their first victory in the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup. Before that, they conceded a goal in the 45+3 minute in the match against the Saudi Arabian team.
The worrying thing is that the Chinese team is more dangerous when the Indonesian team is not focused. The two goals that the Chinese team scored in the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers both came before the 20th minute.
The Indonesian team is playing quite well in the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, but they still have many weaknesses.
In addition, CNN Indonesia also published another article expressing concern about Wu Lei, the number one star of Chinese football, with the title: "Chinese football king Wu Lei once made Indonesia miserable". In 2013, the former Espanyol striker scored against the Indonesian team in the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers. Wu Lei is also the person that coach Shin Tae-yong's students must be wary of in the upcoming confrontation.
Not stopping there, CNN Indonesia also praised the opponent's fighting spirit when writing the article "Chinese players will never back down against the Indonesian team". The newspaper also wrote the article: "Chinese media underestimates the Indonesian team's ability to score goals".
Bola Sports , a famous Indonesian sports newspaper, also revealed some of the difficulties of the home team, through the sharing of coach Shin Tae-yong. The Korean strategist said that the players are having to adapt to the weather. They have just endured the heat in Bahrain and now encounter the cold when arriving in China. In addition, the strength of the Indonesian team is not guaranteed when Jordi Amat and Sandy Walsh are injured. However, coach Shin Tae-yong believes that everything is fine.
Compared to CNN Indonesia , Bola Sports has a slightly more positive perspective, based on transfer values. According to Transfermarkt, the Chinese squad is worth only 10.3 million euros. The figure for the Indonesian team is 23.7 million euros. Bola Sports is confident: "Just 3 players Mees Hilgers, Thom Haye and Jay Idzes are enough to surpass the value of the entire Chinese team."
The match between China and Indonesia will take place at 7:00 p.m. on October 15. Currently, Wu Lei and his teammates have no points and are at the bottom of Group C of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup. Meanwhile, coach Shin Tae-yong and his team have 3 points and are in 5th place. Both teams aim to win to brighten their chances of passing the 3rd round.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bao-chi-indonesia-rat-bat-an-khi-doi-nha-dau-trung-quoc-phai-canh-giac-cao-do-185241014102043006.htm
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