DBasia.news – The Indonesia national team goalkeeper Andritany Ardhiyasa stated the referee Shaun Robert Evans robbed the Garuda squad. He said that after the failure from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the round of 16 at Wibawa Mukti Stadium Cikarang, Friday (24/8).
The U23 Indonesia national team got defeated in the penalty shootout after the 2-2 score.
Andritany Ardhiyasa also got disappointed of Shaun’s controversial decisions steering Indonesia.
“Everyone is disappointed because we got eliminated. We are the host, but we lose. This loss isn’t everything, there are still matches in the future and I want to say don’t surrender. We still have AFF and others,” Andritany said.
“In this match, the referee robbed us. We played amazingly. I agree to coach Luis Milla, the second penalty kick shouldn’t exist because the situation was 50:50,” the Persija Jakarta goalkeeper added.
In this match, the Garuda squad was left since the penalty given by the Australian referee Shaun Robert Evans to the UAE. Zayed Alameri scored the goal from the white spot at 20′.
The U23 Indonesia national team followed at 52′. Alberto Goncalves responded to the cross passing from Septian David Maulana.
The penalty from Shaun Robert Evans to the UAE made Indonesia left, as Zayed Alameri succeeded to score the goal from the white spot at 65′.
The U23 Indonesia national team scored the goal last minute. Stefano Lilipaly kicked the goal to the UAE at 94′ and made the score became 2-2 with an additional time.
The penalty shootout conducted since the result remained the same. Indonesia got 3-4 defeat in this round so Indonesia got eliminated while the UAE went to the round of 8.