The reporter reported coldly On March 25, in the 8th round of the round of 18, the national football team will face Australia, and before that, Australia will play Indonesia at home on the 20th.

Australia wants to take the initiative

Australia's match against Indonesia is set to take place at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The stadium, which was only completed in 2022, has a capacity of 42,500 and is home to Australian Premier League side Sydney FC. The AFA will go on sale of the last tickets at 10am local time on March 3 and the AFA is very optimistic about the attendance of the game, with Australian boss Popovich calling on fans to support the Kangaroos as he hopes to beat Indonesia and take more initiative to qualify.

The Australian media and coach Popovich are very concerned about the newly changed Indonesian team. In November last year, the Australian team played at home against Saudi Arabia, which had just changed coach, and was forced to score 0-0 by the opponent, and failed to win all three points. Australia are currently second in the group with seven points after six games, but only one point more than the four teams behind them.

Popovich is not concerned about the situation of the national football team for the time being, and he is now more concerned about whether he can get all three points at home to Indonesia, and the biggest problem facing Popovich is to find a replacement for his main central defender Suta, who needs to be out for several months due to a ruptured Achilles tendon. Although Suta's central defensive partner Burgess in the Australian team played well, his playing time in Ipswich in the Premier League was extremely limited, which affected his form. Jerry and Rawls joined Niigata Swans and Washington, D.C. United in the winter window, and both need to adapt to their new teams and get playing time. Popovich's optimistic 20-year-old young centre-back Matthews, who just joined Portsmouth in the Championship in the winter window, has gradually become the main player recently.

Indonesia is striving to complete the naturalization procedures for the three people as soon as possible

The president of the Indonesian Football Federation, Tohir, is focused on continuing to accelerate the naturalization process of three players, Odero, Dean James and Perupesi, with a view to meeting the March 10 deadline. On February 28, the Indonesian Football Association held a "Prayer for the Indonesian National Team" event at the Soekarno Stadium in Jakarta, which was attended by about 2,000 people, and was attended by the president of the Football Association, Tohir and other senior executives, who promised to bring fans a stronger Indonesian team and strive to win the right to host the 2031 Asian Cup.

Tohir plans to obtain the approval of the Indonesian president on March 3 for the naturalization of the three players, and the FIFA approval for the naturalization of the three players will be completed between March 7 and 10. The secretary general of the Indonesian Football Federation, Noussi, is responsible for following the process, and Tohir hopes to see the names of the three newly naturalized players when Kluivert announces the squad for the Indonesian team in mid-March. The three players are playing in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy, and the Indonesian Football Association is looking for an Indonesian embassy or consulate in Europe that is suitable for the three players, so that the three players can complete the naturalization oath ceremony faster.

In order to better prepare for the round of 18 in March, the 27th round of the Indonesian Super League ended on March 13, allowing local internationals to have a week-long pre-match training period. Tohir hopes that European clubs will release Indonesian players in advance on the condition that they be invited to participate in the Indonesian President's Cup commercial tournament in July. Tohir's plan is to invite six clubs to compete and reap commercial returns. At present, the Indonesian international players in Europe are distributed in 13 clubs, and before the international break in March, the league matches of these teams are on the 15th or 16th.

Bahrain has a long enough training camp

Croatian coach Taladzic led the team to win the Gulf Cup, and the morale of the Bahrain team was high, and Taladzic promised to bring more joy to Bahraini fans and bring the Bahraini team to the World Cup. The Bahrain team, like the national football team, entered the break of the international break after the 12th round of the Bahrain Premier League on March 5, and they have a long enough training period. The Bahrain team first prepared for the domestic game, and then went to Tokyo to prepare for the match against Japan on the 20th, and due to the difference in strength, Taladzic paid more attention to the match against the Indonesian team in Jakarta on the 25th.

Taladzic's worries are the same as that of Australian coach Popovich, who needs to find a replacement. Substitute goalkeeper Mohammed has been out of action at club for a long time, and Taladzic wants to find the ideal replacement for the main goalkeeper Lute Farah in case of the unexpected, and the Bahraini media believe it will be Rifa's Fardan, Stella's Habib and Bahrain's Akimi's "1 out of 3".