The national soccer team (timnas) will do some exercises on Sunday at 9.00 a.m. and attend a training session at 4.00 pm,"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Dozens of senior Indonesian soccer players gathered in Jakarta on Saturday to do exercises on Sunday as part of their preparations for a match with Qatar on October 11, 2011.
"The national soccer team (timnas) will do some exercises on Sunday at 9.00 a.m. and attend a training session at 4.00 pm," Desy Christina, the senior soccer team`s media officer, said here on Saturday.
In a tossup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, some time ago, the Indonesian soccer team was put in Group E of the Pre-World Cup 2011 round along with Iran, Qatar and Bahrain.
According to Christina, the team will do their exercises at the Senayan C soccer field here.
Previously, Wim Rijsbergen, the coach of Indonesia`s senior soccer team had asked a total of 26 players to do intensive exercises at the National Training Center starting October 1, 2011 in preparation for a match with Qatar on October 11 in Jakarta.
Players who have been called to join the exercises include three goal keepers, namely Markus Haris Maulana, Ferry Rotinsulu, I Made Wirawan.
The others are back players M Nasuha, Zulkifli Syukur, Beny Wahyudi, Hamka Hamzah, M Roby, Ricardo Salampessy, Purwaka Yudi, Wahyu Wijiastanto and Supardi.
Also required to train are midfielders Toni Sucipto, M Ridwan, Firman Utina, M Ilham, Ahmad Bustomi, Hariono, as well as strikers Cristian Gonzales, Bambang Pamungkas, Ferdinand Sinaga, Boaz Solossa, Irfan Bachdim, Samsul Arif, Yongki Aribowo and Zulham Malik, national team media officer Desy Christina said here on Tuesday (Sept 27).
Prior to playing Qatar, the Indonesian team will face the Saudi Arabian soccer team in a friendly match which is scheduled to take place on October 7 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (*)
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