Coach drops leading strikers

Fri, 25 Oct 2002

JAKARTA: Indonesia coach Ivan Kolev sprung a major surprise by dropping leading strikers Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Ilham Jayakusuma from his training team on Thursday.

The Bulgarian trainer, however, insisted that the duo were not ruled out for the Tiger Cup tournament being co-hosted by Indonesia.

"They are out for the time being but they could be back when the time is right," said Kolev on the Asean Football Federation website.

The other players axed were Warsidi and Nova Arianto, leaving 24 players training for the event which will be held in Singapore and Jakarta in December.

Kolev is looking at the likes of Bambang Pamungkas, Jainal Ichwan, Gendut Doni, Budi Sudarsono and Zaenal Arief to lead his strikeforce.--Reuters

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