JAKARTA (17 Nov 2014) – Indonesian head coach Alfred Riedl has decided to leave out Ahmad Bustomi and also Bayu Gatra for the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 following the 2-0 loss they suffered at the hands of Syria on the weekend.
The Syrians, who had beaten another ASEAN side Malaysia 3-0 just a few days earlier, were again in their mettle as Omar Khrbin found the back of the net twice in the fifth and 85th minute.
“There were glaring weaknesses of course but those are the things which we cannot afford to fix with just days left to the first game of the AFF Suzuki Cup,” said Riedl.
“But I would also like to think that there were several strong factors in the team’s performance and that is something which we can use for the opening game (against hosts Vietnam).”
Other than Bustomi and Bayu, the Austrian tactician had also left out Irfan Bachdim due to injury.
