In the battle for the third place in the U23 Asian Cup, the Indonesian Olympic Games, which eliminated South Korea's Olympic Games before, still did not have a miracle, and in the end they lost to Iraq, and Iraq won the third place in the U23 Asian Cup, as well as the qualification for the Paris Olympic Games. On the ground, Indonesia still has a chance to compete with Guinea, the fourth in Africa, for an Olympic quota, but judging from the strength of their current squad, it is still very difficult.
In this regard, many fans say that the Indonesian Olympic Games that rely on 4 naturalized players are still not as good as others, after all, Iraqi football is still very profound, once in the 2004 Olympic Games into the semi-finals, at that time they still defeated the young Ronaldo, in 2007, they also won the Asian Cup, 2016 entered the Olympic Games for the second time, plus the 2024 Paris Olympics, Iraq has participated in 3 Olympic Games. This kind of achievement has been inherited from generation to generation of Iraqi football players.
Although Indonesia has made a qualitative leap compared to the naturalization of international players such as the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Thailand, and Malaysia, there is still no way to enter the first-class teams in Asia. Or naturalized players have too many X elements in it, mainly their naturalized players are concentrated in the Dutch First Division, what is the level of the Dutch league, except for Ajax and Eindhoven, there are basically no giant teams, and Indonesia's naturalization is not playing in a giant team, and the level of naturalized players is limited.
This is the same as the first batch of naturalized players of the national football team, like Exxon, Goulart, Alan, Luo Guofu, Jiang Guangtai, Li Ke and others, they are all playing in the Chinese Super League, and the level of the Super League is like that, even if they get dazzling data in the league, but in the national team and the national team competition, in fact, the level is not very good, In the first batch of naturalized players of the national football team, now there is only Jiang Guangtai who can play the main force, Goulart has retired and retired, And Exxon is close to semi-retirement, Alan only scored one goal in 9 Super League games in the new season, like Ivan still wants to rely on Alan to destroy the city in Thailand, and he really wants to sweat for the national football team.
Therefore, in the first batch of naturalization, the three people who really have combat effectiveness at present are Li Ke, Fernando, and Jiang Guangtai. And when the next batch of naturalized players will be opened is still unknown.
Personally, I think it's better to wait for the match between Indonesia and Guinea and then make a judgment!