Justin Hubner's Menohok Satire: Congratulations Qatar, Already Champion Of The U-23 Asian Cup

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JAKARTA - The U-23 Indonesian national team defender, Justin Hubner, made a striking satire against Qatar U-23 as the opponent in the opening match of Group A of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup. He said that Qatar had won the tournament from the start.

Hubner expressed this satire following the controversial defeat suffered by the U-23 Indonesian national team in the match at Stadio Jassim Bin Hamad, Monday, April 15, 2024, WIB night. Garuda Muda lost two goals without reply.

The defeat suffered by Shin Tae-yong's team could not be separated from the controversial decision of the referee from Tajikistan, Nasrullo Kabirov. Before the match, the U-23 Indonesian national team also had time to complain about Qatar's service with the status of hosting the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

The Garuda Muda squad was even known to be late at the stadium because they felt they were invited to go around first before arriving at the location.

The situation then drew Justin Hubner's strong reaction. The Cerezo Osaka player did not hesitate to make striking comments on social media accounts by insinuating the status of Qatar, who has won the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

"Congratulations to Qatar for winning the U-23 Asian Cup," Justin Hubner wrote on Instagram Story quoted Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

Not only that, in the same upload, Justin Hubner also gave a joke emoji as an expression of the funny protest of the U-23 Qatar duel vs the U-23 Indonesian national team.

Various controversies that occurred in the Qatar U-23 vs Indonesia U-23 match also invited reactions from many parties, one of which was the Red-White Team supporters.

Indonesian netizens not only stormed the Qatar Football Federation social media accounts, but also the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a form of protest.

In addition, PSSI General Chair Erick Thohir stated that he would send an AFC protest letter because of the controversial decisions of referee Nasrullo Kabirov in the match.