U18 National Youth lost from Japan to Shanghai, and then from Shanghai to Indonesian . It is considered to be a loss to a man along the eastern Asian region. This team has changed 7 head coaches. Do you still remember the Panda Cup in May this year? The scene of the Korean team stomping on the trophy after winning the championship hurt the hearts of countless Chinese people, and it was these U18 children who lost to them. At that time, they swore that they would bring back the lost dignity. Some players even regarded the scene of the Korean team stomping on the trophy as a screensaver on the mobile phone, but the result was that we couldn't even beat Indonesia.
To know how embarrassing it is to lose to Indonesia, you have to know what Indonesian cuisine is now. Now, as long as it loses to the weak team, a person will be mentioned in the comment section below, Fan Zhiyi, because after the Chinese team lost to Thailand that year, Fan Zhiyi predicted that the Chinese team will lose to Vietnam, Myanmar, , Cambodia, , Fan Zhiyi did not mention Indonesia at that time. Why is this? Because at that time, Indonesia was still a strong team that could compete with Thailand, or to put it bluntly, they were the second strong team in Southeast Asia second only to Thailand. Therefore, in Fan Zhiyi's mind, Indonesia is still a strong team. If you lose Thailand now, losing to Indonesia will not be news, so Indonesia was not mentioned at that time.
Indeed, Indonesian ancestors were once rich. They were the first Asian team to participate in the World Cup. As early as 1938, they represented Asia in the World Cup, but they ended up losing 0-6 to Hungary in the first round and returned home. Since then, they have not been very good. Since joining the AFC, they have started to participate in the Asian Cup, but from 1968 to 1992, they have all fallen into the qualifiers and have never advanced to the main competition.
However, since the mid-1990s, Indonesian football began to rise and was considered a quasi-second-rate Asian team. In addition, the Asian Cup gradually expanded, they made consecutive Asian Cup competitions from 1996 to 2007 in 11 years, and in China, they won their first victory in the history of the Asian Cup.
However, at that time, their football began to decline, Vietnamese football gradually replaced their second place in Southeast Asia, and Indonesian football began to fall into a slump.
Indonesia is now a very good bottom. There are only 11 teams in Asia that have lower rankings than them, all of which are super bottoms like Guam, Cambodia, Bhutan . It is worth mentioning that Myanmar mentioned by Fan Zhiyi at that time is currently ranked 145th in the world, and Indonesia has ranked 167th in rankings. We won’t mention Vietnam.
In the just-passed World Cup, the Indonesian team lost both games again. If it is normal to lose to Vietnam, then losing to Malaysia is a big dissatisfaction for fans. So far, they have sat firmly at the bottom of Group G. Considering that there are Thailand and the UAE in the same group, the Indonesian team is likely to end all 8 games.
In view of the poor state of the Indonesian team, Indonesian fans launched an event aimed at boycotting the national team competition, which received a response from the majority of fans. However, after defeating the seventh-ranked Chinese team in Asia, I wonder if their fans can change their minds?
In the next U18 Asian Cup qualifier, we have to be in the same group as the Korean team, and we can advance to the main competition first. Perhaps, let alone advance to the main competition, we will probably be insulted by the Koreans again.
