Maintaining the Confidence of the Indonesian Women's Football Team

Name: Maintaining the Confidence of the Indonesian Women's Football Team
Uploaded: 2024-05-08T03:51:46Z
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Description: Indonesia will face another tough opponent in the U-17 Women's Asian Cup, South Korea. Confidence will be tested.

Indonesia will face another tough opponent in the U-17 Women's Asian Cup, South Korea. Confidence will be tested.

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REBIYYAH SALASAH

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GIANYAR, KOMPAS — Losing with a big score in the first match is not something that is easily accepted by the players of the women's football team Indonesia U-17 . The results of the match have the potential to destroy the self-confidence that has been instilled since before the match. Indonesia's self-confidence will be tested when they face another strong team that is currently injured, South Korea.

Indonesia will play their second match of the Group A preliminary round in the 2024 Women's U-17 Asian Cup against South Korea on Thursday (9/5/2024) at 7pm Wita. The home team will once again compete at Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium in Gianyar, Bali, which witnessed their 1-6 defeat to the Philippines in the opening match.

Defeat is not something that is easy to accept, especially for young players. This can be seen from the sad and disappointed gestures shown by the Indonesian players after the match. However, according to the coach of the Indonesian women's team, Satoru Mochizuki, the children under his care were able to manage the disappointment resulting from the defeat well.

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"Actually, it was apparent yesterday when they were left behind with a far score, they continued to have the spirit of chasing the ball, not giving up until the end. If their confidence had collapsed or faded, then that wouldn't have happened," said Mochizuki after watching Japan versus Thailand with his foster children, on Tuesday (7/5/2024) night.

According to Mochizuki, self-confidence is already ingrained in the players even before the game. The players know that they will face strong opponents. Therefore, they prepare many things to face the challenge, including building self-confidence.

The coach is trying to maintain the players' confidence by providing motivation and appreciation. Mochizuki strengthens the spirit of his foster children, including when starting training on Tuesday afternoon. In addition to providing some evaluations of the match against the Philippines, he also praises the players' fighting spirit.

When I lose, after that I feel like I want to perform even better. More motivated, more confident.

During the match against the Philippines, several players showed good mentality. Instead of lamenting their defeat, they chose to take the ball out of the net and bring it to the center of the field. These players wanted the match to start again soon so that they could fight back.

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One of the players who did that was Kikka Putri. After taking the ball from his own goal to put it in the middle of the field, Kikka asked his friends to get up again. "I said to them, 'The opponent hasn't won yet, time hasn't run out yet, so let's quickly start scoring goals again,'" said Kikka.

Kikka doesn't deny that defeat always makes her sad and disappointed. The same goes for the defeat from the Philippines. However, those two feelings also come together with a strong desire to perform better in the next match.

"When I lose, after that I feel like I want to perform even better. More motivated, more confident. "Basically, inside myself I always say, 'Tomorrow I have to gogolin, I have to gogolin, I have to fight again!'" said the striker from Central Kalimantan.

For age group tournaments such as the Under-17 Asian Women's Cup, match results are not everything. The essence of this event is how young female players can develop themselves. These female football players gain international experience and the opportunity to improve their skills by playing against the best teams in Asia.

Also read: Welcoming the Indonesian Women's Team to the Asian Stage

That way, defeat becomes the best learning for the players. In that situation, the mentality of young players is formed and built.

Against South Korea, Indonesia's steps are sure to not be easy. Moreover, South Korea is a team that is unbeaten during the U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers. South Korea is also one of the three countries that have won the U-17 Women's Asian Cup, namely in the 2009 edition. They have come to Bali to once again aim for the championship title.

South Korean coach Kim Eun-jung asserted that they will not be satisfied with just finishing in the top three and qualifying for the World Cup. The team nicknamed "Taegeuk Girls" is determined to become the best team in Asia and come out as the winner.

Also read: U-17 Women's Asian Cup: From Asia to the World Stage

Additionally, South Korea also gained extra motivation to rise stronger after a 0-7 defeat to North Korea. The defeat has made it so South Korea has still not been able to conquer North Korea since their success in winning the final match of the U-17 Women's Asian Cup with a score of 4-0. In the two previous meetings, namely the 2017 U-17 Women's Asian Cup final and the group stage of the 2019 edition, South Korea also lost to North Korea.

The match between Indonesia and South Korea has become a meeting of two teams who are wounded by a big loss in their first match. The mentality and confidence of these young players will be tested equally.

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PRASETYO EKO PRIHANANTO

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