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The Indonesian national team collapsed without overcoming the power gap even though the Japanese national team lost its power.
Indonesia lost 0-6 to Japan in the 10th Group C match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at Suita City Stadium in Osaka, Japan on the 10th.
Indonesia secured the fourth place with its victory over China and advanced to the fourth qualifying round to save its hopes for the World Cup finals, but the result of the match against Japan was disastrous. Kubo Takefusa (Real Sociedad), Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace), Ryoya Morissita (Reggia Warsaw), Shuto Machino (Holstein Kiel), and Mao Hosoya (Kashiwareysol) were allowed to score in succession. He was dragged around the game all the time, and it was hard to find the performance he showed in the game against China.
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The greater disappointment was bound to come from Japan's roster. Japan replaced most of the players except for some key players such as Kubo and Kamada in this June's A-match, forming a list to check their power. In the last match against Australia, some criticized that such a player's composition was arrogant, but he showed an overwhelming performance against Indonesia and proved to be powerful enough even with the 1.8th-tier composition in Asian qualifiers.
Sepakbola of Indonesia was completely helpless by the Japanese 2nd Army. Not a single shot was recorded in 90 minutes. Japan took the lead and pressured Indonesia from the beginning of the first half, and Indonesia had no way out of the pressure. Indonesia's helplessness was evident in the lack of scoring opportunities.
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Indonesia lost 0-4 at the time of the 5th group match in November last year, but it is a shock to lose the match against Japan by a wider gap despite the six-month reinforcement and managerial change. Last year, Indonesia, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, allowed four goals against Japan's first team, but there were scenes that threatened Japan with eight shots and three effective shots. However, under coach Claudbert, he lost without even creating an opportunity.
Coach Klawibert said in a post-match press conference, `I realized that the Japanese national team is of good quality, and as an individual and a team, it is at the level of the World Cup finals. I'm sorry about the result. Both me and the team need to learn from this experience. I want to take this result seriously and respect Japan", he accepted his defeat.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
