Indonesia is only good at scoring goals from fixed situations, the strikers have not yet ‘fired’

Who scored for Indonesia?

Specifically, those who have scored goals for Indonesia so far at the AFF Cup 2024 include midfielder Kadek Arel Priyatna (1 goal in the match against Laos), midfielder Muhammad Ferarri (2 goals in the match against Laos) and an own goal. Nyi Aung’s (Myanmar) home goal in the match between Indonesia and Myanmar.

No striker from the island nation has scored in the past two matches, even though the opponents that Indonesia has encountered, including Myanmar and Laos, are not too strong. Indonesia’s expected strikers such as Rafael Struick, Hokky Caraka, Ronaldo Kbateh, and Arkhan Kaka are currently leaving too much disappointment.

The fact that the strikers of the island country team were lackluster at the AFF Cup 2024 was something that was predicted before the tournament started. The total number of goals scored for the national team by the 4 strikers registered on Indonesia’s AFF Cup 2024 roster is only… 3 goals. Among them, Hokky Caraka scored 2 goals after 9 appearances for the national team, naturalized striker Rafael Struick only scored 1 goal after 23 appearances for the Indonesian team. As for Ronaldo Kgateh (4 caps) and Arkhan Kaka (1 cap) have not scored any goals.

In addition, another interesting detail about the current Indonesian team is that they are not good at “live ball” attack situations: 3 of Indonesia’s 4 goals so far have been scored from fixed situation.

Among them, there were 2 goals scored by Indonesia from Pratama Arhan’s throw-ins (1 goal in the match against Myanmar and 1 goal in the match against Laos, scored by Muhammad Ferarri, equalizing 2-2), 1 goal came from a corner kick (Muhammad Ferarri’s header to increase the score to 3-2 in the match against Laos). Only Indonesia’s 1-1 equalizer in the match against Laos was scored from a “live ball” situation. That was the situation where Marselino Ferdinan passed the ball past 3 Lao defenders on the left side of the penalty area, before he passed inside. After several consecutive shots, the Indonesian player scored the opponent’s goal.

The strengths of Indonesian players in recent times have been their throw-ins, along with the ability of tall players to play the ball well, especially the central defenders. However, because they are too dependent on this style of play, especially on throw-in situations, coach Shin Tae-yong’s team may have… forgotten to exploit “live ball” situations.

This could be an opportunity for Indonesia’s opponents, including the Vietnamese team, in the next matches at the AFF Cup. The more the opponent focuses on fixed plays, instead of paying attention to the ever-changing coordination situations on the field, the easier it is for us to “localize” the opponent’s main method of attack, then attack. prevention plan.