Alfred Riedl Trainer, Indonesian Football National Team
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Alfred Riedl, 67, has proven himself again. The strategy of this Austrian trainer managed to take the Indonesian national football team to the finals of the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup. This was certainly an achievement given that Riedl trained the 23 players in the team for only four months, following FIFA's suspension on the All-Indonesia Football Association (PSSI), last May.

The Garuda team transformed itself into an unbeatable team during the early competitions. At every game, from the qualification phase to the first leg and on until the peak, Boaz Solossa and his fellow players scored two goals. Indonesia's step was only stopped in Bangkok, after it lost 02 to Thailand, the defending champion, two weeks ago. "The national team did its best," said Riedl. It was the second time he trained the Indonesian team, on both times reaching the top. At the final of the 2010 AFF Cup, Indonesia lost to Malaysia when it was playing its best.

December 27, 2016