JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team star player, Marselino Ferdinand, represented his teammates in the squad to apologize. This is related to the failure of the Indonesian national team to advance to the semifinals of the 2024 AFF Cup.
While undergoing the final match of the 2024 AFF Cup Group B phase, the Indonesian national team is scheduled to host the Philippines. In the match which took place at the Manahan Stadium, Solo, the host, lost with a narrow score of 1-0.
This defeat automatically made the Indonesian national team lose tickets to advance to the semifinals of the 2024 AFF Cup. This moment became very unfortunate and made Marselino, who represented his teammates, apologize.
"I represent my friends, thank you for all the support and we apologize for everything in this tournament," said Marselino Ferdinand after the match.
Even though he failed, he and his squad members did not want to give up and were humble. On the other hand, Marselino revealed that after this tournament the team would evaluate for the sake of a better performance.
"We will try to do better and hopefully we can do better in the future and we will evaluate what is here," said Marselino.
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When they hosted the Philippines and appeared in the group stage of the 2024 AFF Cup, Shin Tae-yong as the coach of the Indonesian national team did decide to use players in the U-22 category as an effort to regenerate in the team.
However, from the four matches played, the Indonesian national team was only able to collect four points. The Indonesian national team started the struggle with a victory at Myanmar headquarters but after that Laos drew in Solo.
In the last two matches against Vietnam and the Philippines, the Indonesian national team has always lost slightly with a score of 0-1. As a result, the Indonesian national team ended the group phase with a record of four points.
The Philippines overtook Indonesia in the final standings of Group B thanks to an additional three points. An additional three points, plus Vietnam's victory over Myanmar, made the Philippines move up to second place with a record of six points and qualified with the runner-up status of group B.
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