Indonesian National Team Unfair Loss to Australia in Asian Cup Round of 16

CNN Indonesia

Monday, 29 Jan 2024 10:08 IWST

Losing with a score of 0-4 felt unfair for the Indonesian national team, which performed impressively in the match against Australia. (REUTERS/MOLLY DARLINGTON)

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Football often produces results that feel unfair. Indonesian National team experienced this when they faced Australia in the round of 16 Asian Cup.

The Indonesian national team was eliminated after losing 0-4 to Australia. If you look at the performance on the field, the Garuda Squad did not deserve to lose with such a crushing score.

Even though Australia’s quality is above that of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae Yong’s squad played bravely and pressed hard against each opponent. This pressing had even been carried out since the Australian goalkeeper took the goal kick.

Unfortunately, Australia’s quick goal in the 12th minute was quite disturbing. Australia could be a little calmer because they were already one goal ahead when the Indonesian National Team continued to press hard.

As a result, Australia was able to see a gap on the left side of the Indonesian National Team’s defense and launched a quick counterattack. Martin Boyle’s header at the end of the first half gave Australia a two-goal lead over the Indonesian national team.

After trailing by two goals in the first half, the Indonesian National Team still implemented aggressive play in the second half. However, as happened in the first half, Australia, which had the upper hand, was calmer in facing the pressure received from the Indonesian National Team.

Australia succeeded in minimizing the flow of balls from Indonesian national team players into their penalty box.

When it felt like the 2-0 score lasted until the end of the match, it turned out that Australia could give additional punishment to the Indonesian national team. Craig Goodwin and Harry Souttar broke into Ernando Ari’s goal so the Indonesian national team had to go home with a four goal defeat.

Australia deserved to beat the Indonesian National Team in the round of 16 because they performed better. However, a score of 0-4 is clearly not fair enough for the Indonesian National Team.

Shin Tae Yong himself admitted that the Indonesian National Team’s performance in the match against Australia was the best performance throughout the Asian Cup.

“Honestly, this match was the best performance we could show in this tournament. If we hadn’t conceded an unlucky goal, the match could have been different.”

“In terms of the game, we didn’t really play badly,” said Shin Tae Yong after the match.

(ptr/sry)

2024-01-29 03:08:15
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