Before the stronger Iraq team in the match in Group D Asian Cup 2023 on the evening of January 15, coach Shin Tae Yong’s Indonesia team played very hard. Especially in the first half, the Van Dao team played fairly with their opponents.
The turning point of the match occurred at the end of the first half, when the score was 1-1, Osama Rashid helped Iraq. took a 2-1 lead after a controversial situation. Specifically, an Iraqi player seemed to be in an offside position when participating in the attack that led to Osama Rashid’s goal.
Coach Shin Tae Yong and the coaching staff of the Indonesian team reacted fiercely to the referee finance Igiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) but the goal was still recognized for Iraq. In the second half, Indonesia lost its spirit. In the end, the West Asian team won 3-1.
Evaluating the match, coach Shin Tae Yong said: “Iraq is the team that has better control and superiority and they are the team that scores a lot of goals.” But I must say the second goal changed the outcome of the match.
At the 2023 Asian Cup, many new and modern technologies are applied, but the final decision still belongs to the referee. I’m sorry and embarrassed about the referee’s decision on Indonesia’s second goal.”
“I don’t know why the second goal was not considered offside Conceding an unreasonable goal is unacceptable to me. It is 100% offside. And if this is really a wrong decision by the referee, we are very sorry.
This decision will reduce the image and value of the Asian Cup. I am very embarrassed because it is an important moment of the match,” the Korean strategist emphasized.
Coach Shin said. added: “If the referee does well and we don’t lose the second goal, we don’t know what will happen. Even though the Iraqi team is a stronger team, I think Indonesia played well and if we had scored more goals we might have had a draw. Losing 1-3 was a difficult result and affected our journey forward.”
With the loss to Iraq, the Indonesian team faced many disadvantages in Group D. However, coach Shin Tae Yong affirmed that Indonesia will not give up its goal.
Even though we lost to Iraq, our team won Shows good fighting spirit. The results showed that Indonesia lost in terms of score but in terms of superior ball control. These will be maintained in the upcoming match. We will keep our determination and not give up easily in this group.
In the remaining two matches Vietnam and Japan teams are both strong. But I have a lot of experience as a coach, especially when I led Korea at the 2018 World Cup.
No one at that time could have expected that we would defeat the powerful German team. So Indonesia will not surrender but will accept all challenges and move forward,” coach Shin affirmed.
Meanwhile, coach Jesus Casas of Iraq said: “The referee is very fair even though Every coach has a reaction. I respect coach Shin Tae Yong’s statement, but we won thanks to control and great performance, not what he said.
“We will re-analyze the match and efforts to prepare for the next match against Japan. Team match Vietnam and Japan’s national team will also be reviewed. All matches are difficult and the match against Japan is the most difficult,” the Iraqi team captain concluded.
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