JAKARTA - The goalkeeper for the Indonesian U-23 national team, Ernando Ari, has become the talk of football lovers on social media. This was because his penalty execution in the AFF U-23 Cup final which he failed.
The name Ernando even topped the trending trend on Twitter after the final on Saturday, August 26 to Sunday, August 27 morning. The tweet about the Persebaya goalkeeper even broke 17 thousand times.
It was allegedly triggered because Ernando was surprisingly appointed by Shin Tae-yong to be the sixth executor for the national team against Vietnam. Unfortunately, Ernando's execution was pushed over by Vietnam's goalkeeper which then made Indonesia have to accept the opponent's victory.
This moment made Ernando a topic of conversation on social media. The 21-year-old goalkeeper expressed his regret for not doing the task given to him properly.
At the same moment on his Instagram, Ernando also apologized to all Indonesian citizens who were disappointed with him.
"First, I want to apologize to all Indonesian people who are disappointed with me," wrote Ernando.
"Because I can't complete my task, and I'm also just an ordinary human being who wants to give the best for this nation," he continued.
Even though he was so sorry for what happened on the field, in fact the goalkeeper's performance could not be underestimated. Throughout the 120 minutes of the match, Ernando Ari made many significant saves for the Garuda Muda squad.
Ernando Ari even parried a penalty kick from a Vietnamese player, Nguyen Quoc Viet. There were at least six shots on target that Ernando Ari saved.
Despite the goalkeeper's apology, he also thanked Shin Tae-yong as the coach who entrusted him to the squad. Ernando also expressed the same thing for his colleagues as well as all national team officials.
Finally, he said that the criticism that came in for him was one of the passions that made him continue to be enthusiastic.
"Thank you for the hard work of the team, coach, and official staff of the u-23 national team. Your criticism and advice are your passion for me as a football player," said Ernando.
"And thank you to the people who always support mez Thank you for the struggle, friends, coaches and official staff of the u-23 national team. It doesn't stop here!!" concluded the goalkeeper.
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However, there are still many netizens who criticize the appearance or decision of the goalkeeper as the sixth executioner in a decisive match.
Whereas on the other hand, Shin Tae-yong said that Ernando had practiced and appeared confident throughout the match. The coach then asked the public to continue to support Ernando Ari.
"Yes, he failed (kicked the penalty), but please continue to support him," said Shin Tae-yong in a press conference after the match.
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