U.23 Indonesia received another shock, midfielder Elkan Baggott was not allowed to attend the 31st SEA Games

Asnawi Mangkualam and Elkan Baggott are 2 players who gathered late U.23 Indonesia attend class Soccer Men’s SEA Games 31, but coach Shin Tae-yong set all expectations and evaluated partly because their absence led to a strong defeat by U.23 Vietnam 0-3 on 6.5 when they started in Group A.

Elkan Baggott has just played for Ipswich Town Club recently, but is still playing for this club’s U.23 team FBNV

However, coach Shin Tae-yong now only has defender Asnawi Mangkualam from Ansan Greeners club (Korea) after completing the match on May 7, but it is reported that he is suffering from an unknown injury.

And center-back Elkan Baggott has finished playing for Ipswich Town club in League One (England’s second division) and successfully relegated, but because the 19-year-old player is still on the U.23 team, he only promoted to the first team. playing the final matches of the season, so they still have to play for the youth team in the remaining tournaments.

Accordingly, the U.23 Ipswich Town team is about to play the semi-final match of the youth tournament in English football on May 10 to meet the U.23 Coventry team. Therefore, this British team finally decided not to let Elkan Baggott return to focus and compete in the 31st SEA Games, because it is possible that U.23 Ipswich Town will reach the final.

Before this information, PSSI Secretary General, Mr. Yunus Nusi confirmed in the newspaper Bola.net: “Certainly, Elkan Baggott could not attend the 31st SEA Games because the club did not release people. We are only waiting for Asnawi Mangkualam, he is on his way from Korea to Vietnam and will be with U.23 Indonesia on the same day (May 8).

However, after the absence of Elkan Baggott for sure, Mr. Yunus Nusi left open the possibility of whether Indonesia U.23 could summon another player instead. Currently, U.23 Indonesia has cut a list of 20 players attending the 31st SEA Games, according to the rules, they can only be replaced in case a registered player is infected. Covid-19.

After losing the opening match against U.23 Vietnam 0-3 in Group A men’s football at the 31st SEA Games, Indonesia U.23 may be without key midfielder Saddil Ramdani (returning to Sabah club from May 10 as committed on May 10). ), while the next match of this youth team of thousands of islands is against Timor Leste on May 10 at 19:00, then the match against the Philippines on May 13 and Myanmar on May 15. In all these 3 matches, U.23 Indonesia must win to have any hope of reaching the semi-finals.