Argentina Coach Has Hope for the Indonesian National Team

– The coach of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni, has hope for the Indonesian national team. He hopes that Shin Tae-yong’s team can continue the good performance that has been shown after fighting his team.

“I am quite satisfied with the team’s performance, because by looking at the weather earlier and the Indonesian fans who supported our team. I am proud and appreciate the supporters of the Indonesian team and for Indonesia, continue this good performance,” said Scaloni in a press conference, Monday (19/6/ 2023).

The Indonesian and Argentine teams have earth-like rankings. This is because Indonesia is ranked 149th in the world. On the other hand, Argentina is the world’s number 1 team and the 2022 World Cup champion.

Even though he is world champion, Scaloni admitted that Argentina did not have an easy match against Indonesia. Moreover, during the first half when the Indonesian defense made it difficult for the Argentine striker.

Even so, the Tango team finally came out victorious with a score of 2-0 through goals from Leandro Paredes (38′) and Cristian Romero (55′).

“The match was exactly as we predicted, it would not be easy, but the players still did their best, and the match against Indonesia was no different. For us, the match was quite difficult because we did not play a number of core players,” said the 45-year-old coach.

For this result, the Argentine national team managed to finish their Asian tour perfectly. Previously, the Tango team also won 2-0 against Australia in China in the middle of last week.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian national team did not win on the FIFA Matchday this time. The Garuda squad drew 0-0 against Palestine, before challenging the 2022 World Cup champion Argentina.

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