STY asks Marc Klok et al to learn from the 2022 World Cup

NOBARTV NEWS – The best teams from all over the world gather in soccer events 2022 World Cup. The hustle and bustle of the biggest football event spread to all corners of the world - including to Indonesia. Shin Tae-yong also asked his foster children to learn a lot from this five-yearly football event.

It is known that 32 teams are competing to win the most prestigious trophy on earth. So far, countries from Europe and Latin America are still the favorites to win the tournament. In the last five editions of the World Cup, European countries won the World Cup 4 times while Latin American countries only once.

Such as Brazil (2002), Italy (2006), Spain (2010), Germany (2014), and France (2018).

As for Asia, even though they have never been favored to win the title, many football fans always look forward to their presence. Moreover, in the 2022 World Cup, teams from Asia performed very well. Even though not all teams advanced to the round of 16, their performance made other Asian countries feel proud.

For example, Saudi Arabia, which even though they did not qualify for the last 16, succeeded in overthrowing the Argentine national team in the group phase. There is also the Iranian national team which has the same fate as Saudi Arabia but they were also able to cause a surprise when they crushed the Wales national team 2-1.

Apart from that, until this article was published, it had been confirmed that two Asian countries had advanced to the round of 16. They are the Australian and Japanese national teams. Japan managed to win group E after crushing the Spanish National Team 2-1 in the final group match.

Through the 2022 World Cup, Shin Tae-yong asked his team to learn a lot. Apart from requiring excellent skills, excellent physical condition is also an important factor in a team. The Japanese national team, although not seeded in Group E, was able to beat the Spanish and German national teams. Saudi Arabia, which was clearly never expected to win, actually surprised many people after beating Lionel Messi et al. These wins, apart from the skill factor, were also accompanied by excellent physical factors - which the players possessed.

So, skill and physicality are equally important. Shin Tae-yong never failed to convey this to his foster children. Likewise with the Garuda Indonesia squad who are currently taking part in the TC in Bali. The coach from South Korea asked Marc Klok et al to watch the World Cup and learn lessons from there.

“You definitely don't do strengthening exercises in the team. So basic strengthening exercises and physical training as well. We will prepare it. You must be watching the World Cup. No matter how good your abilities are, if you don't have basic physical and basic strengthening, you definitely won't be able to play well. "That's one of my principles," said Shin to his foster children.

“Modern football now is not divided into two, attack and defense. Apart from the goalkeeper, everyone has to play without that position. Indonesian players are usually divided into two, defenders only defend, attackers attack, nothing like that. "Defensive players must be able to attack, attack can defend," concluded the former South Korean coach at the 2018 World Cup.