Riedl focused on players’ mental recovery

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 12/28/2010 2:53 PM | Sports Indonesian national soccer team coach Alfred Rield says he is focusing on rebuilding player confidence ahead of Wednesday’s second leg of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Cup finals against Malaysia.

“You can’t change many things in just three days,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.

“My players and I talked to each other. That is more important now than practicing.”

Indonesia lost 0-3 to Malaysia in the first leg of the finals, which was marred by laser pointers and saw Indonesian team affected by itching powder.

Riedl said he wanted to strengthen players’ mentality not only for the AFF Cup, but also for the Olympic Games qualifications next year.