MEMBER PSSI Exco, Haruna Soemitro, became a byword in recent days due to his criticism of the Coach’s achievements Indonesian National Team, Shin Tae-yong, at the 2020 AFF Cup. Now, Haruna Soemitro is again attracting attention for equating the Thailand squad at the 2019 SEA Games with the 2020 AFF Cup.
As is known, one of Haruna Soemitro’s criticisms was the crushing defeat of the Indonesian national team from Thailand in the first leg of the 2020 AFF Cup final. At that time, the Garuda Squad lost 0-4 by Thailand. In the second leg, the Indonesian national team was able to hold Thailand to a 2-2 draw, but they still lost 2-6 on aggregate.
The crushing defeat in the first leg became one of Haruna Soemitro’s highlights. He also delivered criticism of the defeat in a podcast.
Haruna Soemitro’s criticism of Shin Tae-yong about the crushing defeat to Thailand turned out to be a byword and went viral. Many fans of the Indonesian national team disagree with Haruna Soemitro and defend Shin Tae-yong.
Youtuber Tommy Desky through his youtube channel gave Haruna Soemitro a place to clarify. On that occasion, Tommy Desky asked Shin Tae-yong’s response in the evaluation meeting of the Indonesian national team when he received criticism about the landslide defeat of the Indonesian national team from Thailand.
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According to Haruna Soemitro, Shin Tae-yong was offended because he didn’t understand the context of his criticism. Haruna Soemitro admitted that he did not compare Shin Tae-yong’s Indonesian national team in the 2020 AFF Cup with the Garuda squad at the 2019 SEA Games.
He just wanted to know why the Indonesian national team could lose badly to Thailand in the first leg of the final. In fact, according to Haruna Soemitro, the squads for the Indonesian and Thai national teams in the 2020 AFF Cup are no different from those that performed at the 2019 SEA Games.
