The ending of the Indonesian team may have been destined a year ago! Naturalization is not the decisive factor, the system is

In the top 18 of this World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team failed to qualify and stopped in the World Cup, which made them once again the target of criticism from all walks of life. At the same time, Asian football seems to be setting off an "arms race". Previously, after naturalizing a large number of Dutch players, the Indonesian team increased its strength and defeated the Chinese team to advance to the play-offs. The Malaysian team, who followed them, also defeated Vietnam 4-0 in the recent Asian Cup qualifiers. There is now a view that if the Chinese team wants to qualify, they need more naturalized players. However, the outcome of the Indonesian team may have been destined a year ago. Naturalization is not the decisive factor, but the system is.

In recent years, the Indonesian team has naturalized a large number of Dutch players. These players generally play for the Dutch Eredivisie and Dutch Second Team, and there are also many players who play in the Premier League. The team's value has increased to 31 million euros, almost three times that of the Chinese team. The Indonesian team was once called the "Dutch Second Team". In the World Cup 18th round of the World Cup, they sent at least 9 naturalized players to start almost every game. In the Indonesian team's away game against Australia, the Indonesian team sent the most 10 naturalized players to start, and in the Indonesian team's home game against the Chinese team, the Indonesian team also sent 7 naturalized players.

In the first nine rounds of the World Cup 18, the Indonesian team won 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, with 12 points, ranking fourth in the group and advanced to the playoffs ahead of schedule. However, in the last round of the game, the Indonesian team played away against the top Japanese team in the group. Although the opponent was not the main force, the Indonesian team actually lost 0-6. Moreover, in the whole game, the Indonesian team had difficulty getting the ball, not to mention scoring goals, and did not even have one shot, 0 shots and 0 shots on the right side. In fact, Indonesia lost a big score in both rounds against Japan, one 0-4 and the other 0-6. In addition, Indonesia also lost 1-5 to Australia on the road.

In fact, the reason why Indonesian team was able to advance to the playoffs was mainly because they defeated the Chinese team and Bahrain team, but they didn't have many ways to play against stronger teams. In the next "First 6" playoffs, the Indonesian team will be surrounded by strong teams in West Asia, and they are all away games, which are not good for them. It is actually difficult for them to enter the World Cup.

Some people may say that the Indonesian team will continue to naturalize players to make their strength stronger, but these methods actually have some problems. First, there are too many naturalized players to reduce the cohesion of the team. The team may be able to play a tailwind, but once they fall behind, the team lacks cohesion, and it will be difficult to turn around; Second, the interests issue, naturalized players are like "mercenaries". Without interests, they lack continuity. For example, Fernando of the Chinese team has withdrawn from the team on the grounds of injury many times, and he also refused to participate in the round of 18 games; Third, they lack a system, and their naturalization is actually looking for players with dual nationalities directly from Europe, not looking for players from their own leagues. In the long run, this behavior will be detrimental to the development of their own youth training and the development of the league.

In the Asian qualifiers of the Olympic Games a year ago, the Indonesian National Olympic Team, which also has a large number of naturalized players, performed well in the group stage, successfully qualified, and defeated the South Korean National Olympic Team through a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals to enter the semi-finals. However, in the subsequent semi-finals and 3 and 4 finals, they lost to Uzbekistan and Iraq in succession, and failed to directly advance to the Olympic Games. They could only play a playoff with the African team Guinea. As a result, the tired Indonesian National Olympic Team lost 0-1 to their opponents and failed to advance to the Olympic Games. Perhaps, for the Indonesian team in this World Cup qualifier, their ending was already doomed a year ago. By then, can the Indonesian team enter the World Cup? Let's wait and see!