Asian Cup soccer squad announced

Asian Cup soccer squad announced

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian national soccer team coach Nandar
Iskandar announced on Tuesday that 25 players would join the 12th
Asian Cup squad. The Cup will be held from Oct. 12 to Oct. 29 in
Beirut, Lebanon.

The team will start the centralized training program next
Monday, Nandar said, adding that he would reduce the number of
players to 20 prior to the Cup.

"The team will fight the Qatar team here on June 16 and
probably the Singapore soccer team in Batam on June 22. We are
still arranging the schedule for the latter," he told a media
briefing. Nandar will be assisted by Dananjaya.

The players are: I Komang Putra, Hendro Kartiko and Sahari
Gultom (goalkeepers); Nuralim, Sugiantoro, Eko Purjianto, Slamet
Riyadi, Warsidi, J. Donald Laala and Dulla Baa (defenders); Ismed
Sofyan, Anang Ma'aruf, Ortizan Salosa, Aji Santoso, Bima Sakti,
Uston Nawawi, Imran Nahumarury, Francis Wewengkang, Seto
Nurdiantoro, Yaris Riadi and Eli Aiboi (midfielders); Bambang
Pamungkas, Gendut Doni, Rocky Puttiray and Martin Tao (strikers).
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