Bolatimes.com – The general chairman of PSSI, Erick Thohir, confirmed that his party had sorted the candidates for the Technical Director, from 20 names to six candidates.
Of the six, there will be one name interviewed. However, their names are still kept secret.
“Regarding the Technical Director, we have sorted it, we have sorted it from 20 to six. And there is one candidate we plan to interview. Yes, just wait, but it has been sorted,” said Erick at a press conference which took place at the Danareksa Building, Jakarta, Friday afternoon.
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“From 20 yesterday we had an interview, now it’s narrowed down. Hopefully we can get it. Yesterday Coach Indra (Sjafri) and Coach Shin (Tae-yong) also asked questions, I said be patient. Because I also have to maintain a balance from friends, don’t let us add a technical director instead it doesn’t work together. This is dangerous. In fact, we want there to be cohesiveness,” he added.
The function of the Technical Director, said Erick, is to review the existing coaches. So that later the new Technical Director will have to provide an objective assessment of the trainers working for PSSI.
Erick then explained that in the future the Technical Director would be assisted by someone, to tour every region in Indonesia. The purpose of the visit was to provide training to trainers in the regions so that they have the same standard.
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Previously, the position of Technical Director of PSSI was held by Indra Sjafri. However, he later succeeded in bringing the U-22 national team to win the 2023 SEA Games Cambodia gold medal, and is now entrusted with managing the age group national team.
The discourse to bring in a Technical Director from Germany has been voiced by Erick since the end of last May. That said Erick, inspired by the success of Japanese football to improve the quality of its national team after collaborating with the German Football Federation (DFB).
Erick also visited Germany on a mission to find the new Technical Director in early June, and made a visit to one of the clubs producing young German players, Eintracht Frankfurt.
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