Edy Rahmayadi talks about the failure of Indonesia during the 2018 AFF Cup

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Edy Rahmayadi, general president of PSSI, delivered an opinion on the failure of the Indonesian national team at the AFF Cup 2018.

According to him, one of the reasons for this failure was that the national team was not much strengthened by the senior players.

"Please also note that we are limited by senior players.The majority of players who played in the 2018 Cup were under 23," said Edy Rahmayadi quoted by Bolasport.com Wednesday (11/28/2018).

The Indonesian National Team of the 2018 AFF Cup is known to be strengthened by nine senior players. The rest, the players of the national team under 23 years old.

The nine main players named Bima Sakti were Andritany Ardhiyasa, Muhammad Ridho, Fachruddin Aryanto, Rizky Pora, Bayu Pradana, Stefano Lilipaly, Riko Simanjuntak, Dedik Setiawan and Alberto Goncalves.

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BETWEEN PHOTOS / Akbar Nugroho Gumay A number of Indonesian footballers expressed disappointment after the Indonesian goalkeeper was robbed in Thailand during the AFF 2018 Cup match at Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday (11/17/2018). Indonesia beat Thailand, host 4-2.

The man currently serving as governor of North Sumatra said the senior players on the Indonesian national team were really minimal. Indeed, Bima had to call Alberto Goncalves, 38 years old.

"So, indeed, there are very few senior players, we have done our best for the Indonesian national team," said Edy.

The number of players under 23 is also inseparable from the results of the 2018 Asian Games. As a result, the national team beat the last 16 players under the tutelage of Luis Milla.

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Milla coaches the Indonesian national team for the duration of the contract the following year. However, the Spanish coach said that Edy had decided to reject the offer.

Finally, under the care of Bima, the Indonesian national team was only able to finish fourth in the Group AF 2018 B Cup standings.

The Garuda team only won four points of the win against Timor-Leste, drew with the Philippines and beat Singapore and Thailand.

"We have been maximized, coaches and managers have also worked hard with our athletes, which is what happened and I apologize in particular, I am responsible for all this." said Edy. (Mochamad Hary Prasetya)