Ex-South Korea coach Shin to take over struggling Indonesia

Former South Korea coach Shin Tae-Yong has been tapped to take over Indonesia's struggling national team, country's football association said on Friday. Shin, who led South Korea at last year's World Cup in Russia -- where y famously ousted defending champions Germany -- is expected to be formally unveiled on Saturday."We have invited Shin to finalise contract. After that he will be introduced later on Saturday," Mocham Iriawan, chairman of Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), said in a statement Friday. "Hopefully all process will run well." 

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Shin to take over struggling Indonesia

expected appointment of Shin, 50, comes after PSSI sacked Scotsman Simon McMenemy in vember with Indonesia bottom of ir 2022 World Cup qualifying group on zero points from five games. Indonesia also floundered in last year's Souast Asian championship, Suzuki Cup, where y finished fourth out of five teams in ir group. Indonesia have h significant problems off pitch, with two former chairmen leaving PSSI this year amid match-fixing allegations. In October, Indonesia's football association was slapped with a $45,000 FIFA fine overcrowd chaos that erupted at a match against Malaysia in Jakarta. Indonesian football and its professional league have been tarnished by a host of problems, including match-fixing scandals and dely hooliganism. 

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