Riedl heading north on scouting mission 07-Dec-2010

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indonesian football future is come back from jakarta with bambang,gonzales,bachir,firman,arif suyono,okto, etc With Indonesia sealing top spot in Group A before their final match against Thailand, coach Alfred Riedl has already turned some attention towards his side's potential semi-final opponents in the AFF Suzuki Cup.

Riedl has the luxury of knowing that his side will be meeting the runners-up from Group B in the last four with the return match of the tie in Jakarta on Sunday, December 19. But with three teams still in the running for the top two spots in that group, the Austrian will be leaving nothing to chance and intends to scout all of his potential opponents on Wednesday.

With his side playing the Thais on Tuesday evening, Riedl intends to give his players a couple of days off after the match while he takes an early morning flight on Wednesday to Vietnam with Iman Arif, the chairman of the national team board, and the Indonesian Football Federation's chief scout Sutan Harharah.

Said Riedl's assistant coach Wolfgang Pikal: "We're not sure who's going to finish second in Group B so we are just trying to get ready.

"We are sending two teams to Vietnam to see the matches live. Coach Riedl will go with the chairman of our national team board to Hanoi to watch the match between Vietnam and Singapore while our chief scout will go to the other match to see Philippines play against Myanmar to get as much information as possible and help our players to play better."

Although Indonesia are the only team with a perfect record in the competition, Pikal is reluctant to consider his side as tournament favourites.

"I don't think that Indonesia are the favourites. I believed that Vietnam are still the favourites," said the Austrian. "They are the winners of the last competition and in their first match they played very, very well. They moved the ball around well and they have very good support.

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"Even though they lost on Sunday to the Philippines, they still showed a lot of class but what was missing was just the final pass in the final third." indonesian team football soccer