Vietnam Is Famous To Play Hard, Justin Hubner Is Not Afraid: The Indonesian National Team Can Also Be Aggressive

Justin Hubner has joined the Indonesian national team training camp (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team naturalization player, Justin Hubner, expressed his views regarding the Vietnam national team which will be faced in the second round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification.

The Vietnam national team is known as a team that often plays hard on the field. The team nicknamed The Golden Star often relies on physical play. In this regard, Hubner was not afraid because he knew the Garuda Squad was also able to appear aggressive on the field.

"I received a lot of messages that they (the Vietnamese national team players) like to play aggressively. However, we can also be aggressive," said Justin Hubner when met in the Central Jakarta area on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

For Hubner, Vietnam's tough look will not affect him and his colleagues. You see, the main thing that must be done on the ground is to focus and fight for victory in a healthy way.

"We will fight too. We will do everything we can to win. We have to fight," said the player who is now defending Cerezon Osaka.

Hubner had experienced Vietnam's hard game in the 2023 Asian Cup. At that time, The Golden Stars had to perform with 10 players because of Le Pham Than Long's red card.

The Vietnamese defender was rewarded with a second yellow card after committing a serious foul on Marselino Ferdinand.

The unequal moment in Vietnam was then put to good use by the Indonesian national team, which finally won 1-0.

In that match, Hubner was also one of the players who was considered to be fierce and frustrated the Vietnamese players.

Even so, Hubner doesn't want to be big-headed because for him the best results are of course because of hard work.

Reflecting on that experience, Hubner emphasized that for the upcoming match the team will also work hard for maximum results. One of them is through careful preparation in training.

"We are working very hard to make sure we are ready to fight Vietnam. Today we practice set pieces, such as corner kick, free kick, and others," Hubner said.

"Today we have another training session. Things are more technical. We will make sure we are ready for the fight and win against Vietnam in the end," said the 20-year-old.