DBasia.news – The U23 Indonesia national team’s expectation to be the big four of the 2018 Asian Games has vanished. The U23 national team kicked in the round of 16 in 2018 Asian Games.
The U23 national team got defeated by the Uni Arab Emirates (UAE) through the penalty shootout with a 3-4 score at Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Friday (24/8). Previously, both teams played draw-2-2 until 120 minutes.
Beto Goncalves (51′) and Stefano Lilipaly (90+3′) scored the goals for U23 national team. While for the UAE, Zayed Alameri scored the goal at 20′ and 66′.
The tight match also raised some interesting facts. What are they? Here are some interesting facts after the failure of U23 Indonesia national team in the round of 16 in 2018 Asian Games:
- The U23 Indonesia national team repeated the failure in 2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea. At that time, the U23 national team also got defeated in round of 16.
- During the 2018 Asian Games, the U23 national team failed to win against the West Asia or the Middle East clubs. Recently, the U23 national team got defeated 1-2 from Palestine in the Group A qualification.
- During the participation in Asian Games, the U23 Indonesia national team always defeated by West Asia or the Middle East clubs. In the 2006 Asian Games, the U23 national team got loss from Iraq (0-6) and Syria (1-4), while in 2018 Asian Games from Palestine (1-2) and penalty shootout with the UAE.
- Stefano Lilipaly’s goal to the UAE net was his fourth goal in the 2018 Asian Games.
- Beto Goncalves’s goal to the UAE was also his fourth goal in the 2018 Asian Games.
- Beto Goncalves and Stefano Lilipaly are the top scorer of U23 Indonesia national team in the 2018 Asian Games.