U19 Japan Defender Revealed His Team Won Difficult Against Indonesia

DBasia.news – The supporters of Indonesia made it difficult for U19 Japan to play. It’s proved, despite the 2-0 victory against U19 Indonesia on the quarter-final of 2018 U19 Asian Cup last weekend, the opponent’s defender, Shunki Higashi mentioned that his team won in a difficult situation.

It’s recorded that the match was attended by 60,000 spectators, mostly U19 Indonesia national team supporters.

“We admit that Indonesia has the benefit as the host in a big crowd. It’s really difficult for us to play in such a situation. But we helped each other and patient,” Shunki Higashi said quoted from AFC website.

There are only a few Japan supporters. “I really thank Japan supporters who came to the stadium. Their support helped us to fight and win the match. I want to thank all the supporters,” he continued.

 

Indonesia National Team

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Shunki Higashi was the first player who scored the goal of U19 Japan at 40′.

He created the goal from long kick. The ball went to the corner of U19 Indonesia national team net, couldn’t be anticipated by Muhamad Riyandi. Japan scored another goal at 70′ by Taisei Miyashiro.

“In the first half, Indonesia were really defensive. We didn’t have any chance to attack. In that situation, I decided to kick and score the goal. It calmed us down.”

“I think the goal was the best in my football career so far. But I will keep on trying and hopefully, I could score more goals in the near future,” Shunki Higashi explained.