Frankly, I am very pessimistic that Indonesia can go far in the AFC U23 competition in 2022, because if you look at the opponents that the Indonesian national team must face, it is certainly not an easy opponent, namely China, Australia and also Brunei Darussalam, and it can be said that maybe only the Australian and Brunei Darussalam national team alone has never faced the Indonesian U23 national team so far, so they are a little blind to the strength of Indonesian Team, but even so, maybe only Brunei Darussalam can be said if it is weaker than the Indonesian national team in group G, while China and Australia are two teams that have performed quite well so far in the AFC U23 competition and of course are strong opponents for Indonesia to compete pass the group phase later.
Yes, we can't expect much from Indonesia, because of the 4 teams that will qualify for the final round, only positions 1 & 2 will fill the slots. It seems that until October 2021 Indonesian players will have a shortage of training portions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still high to this day. In fact, I am also not sure whether Indonesia will remain the host, or will it be moved, because Covid-19 seems difficult to end. from this condition, Indonesia may not be able to play optimally, and further increase the weakness of Indonesian players. Sure enough, Brunei could be better than Indonesia. But, I wish I'm wrong, I wish there will be a "miracle" for Indonesia to join final rounds.
