Colored With The Red Card, The U-20 Indonesian National Team Lost To Tipis From Guatemala

The U-20 Indonesian national team lost against Guetamala. (Photo: Twitter/@PSSI)

JAKARTA - The U-20 Indonesian national team must recognize Guatemala's superiority in the international friendly tournament match at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, Tuesday, February 21. The Garuda Nusantara squad lost 0-1. With this result, the U-20 Indonesian national team won only one win from three warm-up matches ahead of the U-20 Asian Cup. The result was obtained when they won 4-0 over Fiji. In the other two matches, Arkhan Fikri et al. lost 1-2 to New Zealand and surrendered 0-1 to Guatemala. Indonesia and Guatemala started the game at a moderate tempo. Every now and then Shin Tae-yong's men try to create opportunities through a combination of short and long passes, but often lose balls. Guatemala tried to create chances in the 12th minute. But Daniel Cardoza's shot still bounced over the Indonesian goal bar that Daffa Fasya was guarding.

Two minutes later the same player fired a shot straight at Daffa. Indonesia tried to threaten back through Doni Tri Pamungkas' shot which led straight to goalkeeper Jorge Moreno.

The deadlock-breaking goal was then recorded by Guatemala in the 22nd minute. Starting from Arkhan Fikri's negligence, the ball was snatched by Jorge Solozano, and then finished with a long-range shot without being able to be driven away by Daffa who came out of the net. Left behind by one goal made Indonesia try to appear more aggressive. Arkhan fired a shot from inside the penalty box, but the ball still hit the opposing defender. Until halftime, Indonesia still had difficulty creating a clean opportunity to threaten the Guatemala goal.

In the second half, Shin replaced four players. Hugo Samir, Sulthan Zaki, Ronaldo Kwateh, and Hokky Caraka were included to sharpen the attack line. Guatemala then had to play with ten players. Julio Garcia had to receive a red card for lifting his leg too high so that he violated another Hokky Substitute who Shin put in, Resa Aditya Nugraha had a good chance in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately his shot still hit the Guatemala post. The attack wave was launched by the Indonesian camp. Ronaldo fired a weak shot at the Guatemalan goalkeeper. Meanwhile, Hokky's cross against the goal mouth failed to be struck by Indonesian players. Sulthan Zaki then tried to release a wide speculative shot. Meanwhile Guatemala had stolen the opportunity, before finishing with a soaring shot by Jorge Solozano. Nico's header welcomes the cross is still not on target. The final score 1-0 for the Gutamala victory.

List of line-up: Indonesia: Daffa Fasya, Doni Tri Pamungkas, Kakang Rudianto, Marcell Januar Putra, Muhammad Ferrari, Zanadin Fariz, Achmad Maulana Syarif, Arkham Fikri, Ginanjar Wahyu, Dzaki Ashraf, Rabbani TasnimGuatemala: Jorge Estuardo Moreno Alfaro, Andy Julian Dominguez Garcia, Figo Alexander Montano Cardenaz, Julio Fernando Garcia Ramirez, Mathius Anderson Ricardo Gaitan Romero, Allan Javier Aristondo, Daniel Alexander Cardoza Diaz, Jorge Abolahido Solora, Jefry Leonardo Nantes Rodriguez.