CNN Indonesia wrote: "Can the new naturalized players, including Jay Idzes, Oratmangoen, Tjoe-A-On and Thom Haye, help the Indonesian team defeat the Vietnamese team?
No one knows for sure if that will happen or not. We only know that it will be disastrous if the Indonesian team fails to succeed. The quality of the above players has been proven, but the problem is whether they will be successful in their first time wearing the Indonesian team jersey or not," CNN Indonesia added with a worried look.
Not everyone supports the naturalization policy of the Indonesian team (red shirt)
According to this newspaper, the problem with the Indonesian national team, when it is filled with naturalized players, is not only the problem of how the aforementioned players integrate with the new team and new teammates, but also the impact on the long-term foundation of football in the archipelago country.
CNN Indonesia analyzed: "Coach Shin Tae-yong considers temporary victory the most important, he is so pragmatic that he ignores all criticism. The Korean coach may be pragmatic, but at the national Football Federation level, PSSI must look to the future.
"If the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) considers the use of naturalized players as a short-term solution, then it is time for PSSI to stop doing this," the same lines were written on CNN Indonesia .
Also CNN Indonesia in another article published on the morning of March 13, commented: "The steps taken by PSSI to naturalize foreign-born players are increasingly unusual. Most recently, Nathan Tjoe-A-On's naturalization oath took place in the evening.
Is the Indonesian national team's problem so urgent that the naturalized players, when taking the oath to become Indonesian citizens, must do so at night?", the newspaper of the archipelago country asked this question.
At the same time, in Thailand, the Khaosod newspaper of the Golden Temple country reported: "Defender of the Vietnamese team, Do Duy Manh, commented on the Indonesian team when the team of the archipelago country used too many naturalized players.
Duy Manh expressed his curiosity about whether the Vietnamese team is preparing to face Indonesia or the Netherlands? The reason is that Indonesia currently has too many players born in the Netherlands," Khaosod added.
The Thai newspaper did not forget to quote Do Duy Manh about the rampant issue of naturalized players in the Indonesian team: "According to the information I read in the media, they have up to 11 naturalized players, many of whom are playing abroad.
Sometimes we are not sure whether we will face the Indonesian team or the Dutch team, but of course we are not afraid of their naturalized players. The Vietnamese team has quality players. There is absolutely no way we are worried about naturalized players from Indonesia," Duy Manh added, as quoted by Khaosod .
The Indonesian team (red shirt) introduced many naturalized players at the 2023 Asian Cup
Indonesia will have two matches against the Vietnamese team on March 21 and March 26. CNN Indonesia warned coach Shin Tae-yong of the archipelago team: "If Indonesia wins against the Vietnamese team, the team has a chance to continue in the World Cup qualifiers. But if they only draw or lose, the opportunity will be lost for the Indonesian team."
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