Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
National soccer observer, Indriyanto Nugroho, gave an opinion about opportunities Indonesian national team In the fourth round of the 2026 Asian Zone World Cup qualifiers.
There are six teams competing in the fourth round of the 2026 Asian Zone Qualifiers namely Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Indriyanto highlighted the style of rival candidate games from the Middle East.
“We have been against the Middle East team, we against Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on the previous occasion. Team style from the Middle East is the same,” Indriyanto told CNNIndonesia.com, Thursday (3/7).
On the one hand, Indriyanto hopes that the Indonesian national team will be able to adapt to the situation in the location both inside and outside the arena. Because, the fourth round of qualifications took place in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
“But it takes a higher effort and sustainability. We must not be weak there the point,” he said.
Furthermore, the former Indonesian national team player hopes that the Garuda squad will soon get additional energy on the front lines. Indriyanto requested that the naturalization process of Mauro Zijlstra not to be postponed in order to immediately sharpen the front lines of Patrick Kluivert’s team.
“His age is still very young, let Mauro develop in Europe too. At least for the future he must be able to adapt, especially if it is still 20 years old,” he said.
“Maybe it could be in U-23 in the national team to make it more mature. But this naturalization process should not be postponed again,” he added.
Indriyanto reasoned, the front lines of the Indonesian national team needed various options to push the opponent’s defense. Currently the figure of the interpreter is fixed on Romeny.
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“Actually [kehadiran Mauro Zijlstra] It is also possible to anticipate our striker. At present only Romeny is above average, “he said.
“The presence of Mauro can enrich the options. The ability of Romeny that we know, in the False Nine position can also be. Our front lines are many options and variations that can be maximized in the fourth round,” he said.
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