Meeting Australia In The Inaugural Match Of The 2022 Women's Asian Cup, Zahra Musdalifa Sets Personal Targets

Zahra Musdalifa (Ulfa Gusti/VOI)

JAKARTA - Winger for the Indonesian women's national team, Zahra Musdalifa, said she was ready to help the Garuda Pertiwi squad fight in the 2022 Women's Asian Cup in India.

In fact, ahead of the match which will take place on January 21 to February 6, she sets a personal target.

Seeing how her colleagues are progressing, Zahra is not awkward in setting the target for the Indonesian women's national team to be in the top three in the group.

"This opportunity (to enter the 2022 Women's Asian Cup) is a wow opportunity for Indonesian football, it will definitely be a big motivation and my target is that we can get into the top three in the group phase, that's really good," said Zahra when met after the test match at the Madya Stadium, Thursday, January 13.

Indonesia is in Group B with Australia, the Philippines and Thailand. In the inaugural match on January 21, Zahra et al will face Australia.

If you look at the FIFA rankings, Australia is far above Indonesia. But, that's not a problem for Zahra. Instead of being discouraged, she sets a personal target.

"(Target) goals are there for sure, but the important number is not being able to score against Australia. It doesn't matter how many results are important, I can score goals for personal records," explained Zahra.