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on september 19, the plenary session of the indonesian house of representatives passed the agenda and agreed to grant indonesian citizenship to naturalized players hilgers and reinders jr. they will hopefully play in the world cup qualifiers against china. for the chinese national football team, the indonesian team, which has naturalized many eredivisie players, is no longer the weak team of the past, and the pressure of preparation will be greater. according to the schedule, the chinese national football team will play against the indonesian team at their home stadium, qingdao youth football stadium, on october 15.

hilgers, 23, plays as a central defender for the dutch eredivisie team twente. he has played in 6 games this season and scored 1 goal. his current market value in the german transfer market is 7 million euros.

the 23-year-old reinders jr. plays as a right back. he is the younger brother of ac milan midfielder reinders. he plays for the dutch eredivisie team zwolle and has played 5 games this season. his market value in the german transfer market is 650,000 euros. in addition, the information given by transfermarkt shows that reinders jr. can also play as an attacking midfielder and winger.

after becoming indonesian citizens, the indonesian football association will be responsible for transferring the two players from the dutch football association to the indonesian football association. the two will be able to play in indonesia's world cup qualifiers against china and bahrain in october.

the addition of these two players will certainly enhance the overall strength of the indonesian team. in the first two rounds of the 18-strong tournament this month, the indonesian team, which has many naturalized players, performed well. they tied saudi arabia 1-1 away and tied australia 0-0 at home. with these two draws, the indonesian team's technical points increased by 15.44 points to 1124.17 points, and its world ranking also rose by 4 places to 129th.

in contrast, the chinese national football team's world ranking has dropped to 91st in the world, a new low in the past eight years, due to two consecutive defeats in the top 18. in addition, although coach ivankovic has been questioned, due to various restrictions such as time factors, the chinese football association has not yet made a public statement on whether ivan's team will continue to coach the chinese men's football team, which also means that ivankovic will continue to coach the chinese men's football team.

source: beijing sports

reporter: li li