Indonesia calls up a series of naturalized Dutch players to prepare for the battle with the Vietnamese women's team at the Southeast Asian Cup

TPO - To prepare for the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship, which will take place in 5 days, the Indonesian women's team has called up a series of naturalized players of Dutch origin.

The interim coach of the Indonesian women's team, Mr. Joko Susilo, confirmed this information. Because the Southeast Asian Women's Championship does not coincide with the FIFA Days, the teams are not obliged to release their players. However, because the European national championships have not started yet, the number of Indonesian players can be "returned" to the national team. The Football Association of the archipelago will try to negotiate to call back the number of naturalized players.

They are Isa Warps, Iris de Rouw, Felicia de Zeeuw, Sydney Hopper, Estella Loupatty… . All of them are from the Netherlands. Of them, 2 play in the US, 3 are playing in the Netherlands, 1 in Belgium and 1 in Germany.

These players have superior physique, physical strength and playing skills compared to the Indonesian domestic team. Isa Warps is playing in the Dutch national championship, Estella Loupatty is playing in the Belgian national championship... These are details that show the quality of the Indonesian mercenaries.

Isa Warps is playing for Roda in the Dutch national championship.

However, in the recent Asian Cup qualifiers, despite their appearance, the Indonesian women's team's performance was still poor. Indonesia lost to Pakistan, one of the weakest teams in Asia. That result caused Indonesia to fail in its mission to qualify for the 2026 Asian Cup finals.

After this defeat, Indonesia fired coach Satoru Mochozuki. They want to improve their performance in the upcoming Southeast Asian Championship. Indonesia's determination will be a warning to Vietnam and Thailand, the two teams in Group A with Indonesia (alongside Cambodia). Vietnam and Thailand are still considered superior. However, they will have to be very wary of Indonesia's naturalized players from the Netherlands.

The 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship will take place in Hai Phong from August 6 to 19. The Vietnamese women's team is in Group A with Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia. Group B includes Australia, Timor Leste, the Philippines and Myanmar.

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