Jakarta (ANTARA News) - National football team coach Wim Rijsbergen has sent for four additional players to undergo selection ahead of Pre-World Cup 2014 Group E round.

The four players are Ian Louis Kabes (from Persipura Jayapura), I Made Irawan (Persiba), Hariono (Persib Bandung) and Amrizal from Persija, Jakarta.

They would join the 26 players that had already become members of the national squad for the Pre-World Cup matches.

"Right now the main problem is improving the physical resilience of some players which is still below standards. Therefore a special physical trainee will be needed to help the players improve their Vo2max," Win said according to the national team`s public relations office on Monday.

The management is also still negotiating to speed up the arrival of a trainer for the goalkeeper and a professional physical trainer from Europe.

The coach has planned portions of training during the current fasting month scheduled in the evening with an additional session at night.

Before meeting Iran in the opening match, the national team will undergo central training in Cilegon, Banten from August 4 to 28.

In preparations for the match the national team is also ready to conduct trial matches three times this month.

"We cannot as yet name the teams but minimally we will conduct trials three times in this month. Two of them are expected to come from the Middle East in view of their characteristics which are similar to those of our competitors in the Pre-World Cup Asian Zone later," Arya Abhiseka, the general manager of the national team said.

The national team is scheduled to depart for Tehran, Iran, on August 29.

Indonesia has been put in Group E along with Iran, Qatar and Bahrain.

Indonesia is scheduled to meet Iran in Iran on September 2, 2011, Bahrain in Indonesia on September 6, Qatar in Indonesia on October 11, Qatar in Qatar on November 11, Iran in Indonesia on November 15, Bahrain in Bahrain on February 29, 2012.(*)

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