Before the final match of Group B – AFF Cup 2024 takes place on the evening of December 21, the Indonesian team still has many opportunities to continue. The team from the land of thousands of islands only needs to tie with the Philippines and at the same time Vietnam does not lose to Myanmar, then coach Shin Tae-yong’s team will definitely win tickets to the semi-finals.
The Vietnamese team defeated Myanmar with a score of 5-0 and went on to win first place in the group. But in the match at the same time, the Indonesian team “shot themselves in the foot” when they lost 0-1 to the Philippines. Thereby, Indonesia was officially eliminated from the group stage, giving the ticket to the AFF Cup 2024 semi-finals to its opponent.
Marselino Ferdinan is a potential player of Indonesian football
After the final match at AFF Cup 2024, the star who just returned from suspension for a red card – Marselino Ferdinan expressed: “The Indonesian team lost 0-1 to the Philippines, but we played very well first. when receiving a red card (Muhammad Ferrari, minute 42). I don’t blame anyone. We all know this can happen in football mistake”.
“On behalf of my teammates in the Indonesian team, I thank all the fans for their support for the team. We also want to apologize to the fans for everything that happened in the last tournament. “The Indonesian team will try to become better. Hopefully, from what we have learned here, we will improve in the future,” said the young talent of football in the land of thousands of islands. when he soon stopped at the AFF Cup 2024.
The Indonesian team is known as the “runner-up king” of the AFF Cup, having repeatedly finished in the runner-up position at the regional tournament. In history, the team from the land of thousands of islands has never been crowned once at the largest playground in Southeast Asia. And once again, they missed the mark on this one.
However, what happened did not create too much surprise. Because, the Indonesian team only brought to the AFF Cup 2024 with the majority of U.21 players, including 2 players older than 21 years old, Asnawi Mangkualam and Pratama Arhan.
