REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, YOGYAKARTA - Indonesian U-19  national team coach, Indra Sjafri, will deploy all players in every football match.

"We are still trying to find out how. But we will deploy all 29 players at football matches," Sjafri said on Sunday. 

Those matches would be the ground battles for Indonesian players and to test their skill after certain period of training, he said.

"Each match has its own challenges and targets, we have been in training for tactic everyday. Then those matches will be the best trials to know the players' skill," he added.

Sjafri explained that his team would have a match with Sleman football club on Monday evening. The match will start the team's series matches across Indonesia. 

Earlier, Sjafri launched two books Indra Sjafri: Menolak Menyerah (Indra Sjafri: Never Give Up, ed) and 'Official Story Timnas U-19: Semangat Membatu' (Official Story U-19 national team: The Strong Spirit). He hopes those books can boost national spirit for the better future. 

"We have to be number one in future," Sjafri said on Sunday  during a press conference attended by Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Mari Elka Pangestu).

Pangestu said that the success of U-19 national team had inspired many people. "I have asked some designers to create costume for Indonesian team. We may show the costume in April," Pangestu said.

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