U23 Indonesia coach: "We will fight against Vietnam"

In this afternoon, the first round in Group K of U23 Asian 2020 qualifiers took place. Starting with the match between U23 Thailand and U23 Indonesia. As the host of the next year’s tournament, U23 Thailand is now more relaxed, while U23 Indonesia is forced to win a beneficial result to compete for the leading position of the group.

Even so, the match was not the same as what they expected with a rain of goal created by U23 Thailand. The first one was from a set-piece. In the 22nd minute, Worachit passes the ball into Indonesia’s penalty area of and Shinnapha jumped higher than everyone else to score an opener with a header. This goal helped U23 Thailand easier in implementing the gameplay, and they scored 3 more goals in the second half to end the match with a result of 4-0.

During the press conference after the match, U23 Indonesia’s coach, Indra Sjafri said his team lost due to lack of concentration in important situations: "Thailand has used a very annoying pressing style. Also, we did not keep our focus in set-pieces, which is why U23 Indonesia has to accept this defeat, and the absence of Ezra Walian also affected our play by the way.

Currently, we still have to wait and see how U23 Vietnam compete against U23 Brunei. Anyway, U23 Indonesia will also try to fight hard to get a positive result against U23 Vietnam ".

This massive defeat makes U23 Indonesia face a lot of difficulties in the competition to find a ticket in Group K. They have to win over U23 Vietnam in the next match if they want to attend the tournament next year.