Indonesian Football Team Has Played Well, Coach Lionel Scaloni Says
- PSSI
Jakarta – The match between the Indonesia vs Argentina national teams is over. Unfortunately, Indonesia had to accept a 2-0 defeat in the FIFA Matchday match against the Tango team on Monday night at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.
Although Argentina was able to beat Indonesia, coach Lionel Scaloni said that the Indonesian players' is very good in play.
"There is no advice for the Indonesian national team. The players have played very well," Scaloni said.
Scaloni said the match went as he predicted. It was not easy to fight against Indonesia, even though his team has the status of world champions.
"The match was as we expected from the start. It would not be easy, but we continued to do our best throughout the match," Scaloni stated.
"It was the same against Indonesia. For us, it was quite difficult because we didn't play some core players."
Furthermore, Scaloni admitted that he wanted to give his players a chance to play, especially in the second half where he tried some players who lacked playing time with Tango team.
"I really want to give a lot of opportunities to other players to play against Indonesia," he added.