DBasia.news – The U23 Indonesia national team’s journey stopped in the round of 16. The Garuda squad stopped after the failure against the UAE at Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Friday (24/8).
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.
The failure also raised the question about Luis Milla’s career. There might be a chance that this match became the last for Luis Milla with the Garuda squad.
“I want to stay the analysis of this match. Until now, there is no one approaching to say about the next step,” Luis Milla said about his career as the coach of the Indonesia national team.
“I will farewell the team and return to Spain. I’m upset because they don’t deserve this. We got stopped due to incompetent person. Until now, I’m still upset,” Luis Milla continued.