Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Players Indonesian National Futsal Team who is preparing to appear on 2026 Futsal Asian Cup I don’t want to get slapped again like at the 2025 SEA Games.
Syauqi Saud and his friends set a record by winning SEA Games futsal gold for the first time, but there was a slap behind this prestigious title.
Assistant coach for the Indonesian National Futsal Team, Amril Daulay, stated that his team was traumatized by a slap at the 2025 SEA Games.
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“So we don’t focus on the results [di SEA Games] yesterday, but we saw their performance yesterday, there was a downturn, against Vietnam, so their finishing was not optimal, and in the end it was a bad result for us, so we will focus on that, for them it was good when they lost, they felt like they had been slapped,” said Emril.
Of the five matches played at the Southeast Asian Games, the Red and White squad won four times and lost once. The only defeat to Vietnam was a blip in Indonesia’s brilliant futsal achievements.
Facing the Asian Futsal Cup which will take place from January 27 to February 7, the Indonesian National Futsal Team is reluctant to repeat bitter incidents such as losing to Vietnam at the SEA Games last month.
“So in the future we can remember, if you are not optimal, then maybe at the Asian Cup you will feel that way again, so it will be like a trauma, they will no longer want to experience unpleasant results like that,” said Amril, quoted by Antara.
In the 2026 Futsal Asian Cup, Indonesia is in Group A with Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and South Korea. Only those ranked in the top two will qualify for the quarter-finals.
Now the Indonesian National Futsal Team is undergoing a preparation period at GOR POPKI Cibubur.
Of the 19 players who were called, only Brian Ick was unable to join because he still had family matters. Meanwhile, coach Hector Souto plans to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday (6/1).
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