Netherlands 2 teams? Indonesia on 11 naturalization still 0-4 Japan! Indian media: The World Cup is difficult, but it is still stronger than the national football team

In the final matchup of the 5th round of Group C of the round of 18 that ended on the evening of November 15, Beijing time, the Indonesian team lost 0-4 to the Japanese men's football team at home, and fell to the bottom of the group after not winning at the halfway point of the round of 18. This naturalized army, known as the "Dutch second team", was obviously below expectations after the halfway point.

In order to realize the dream of entering the World Cup in this world preliminaries, the Indonesian Football Association launched a huge naturalization project, in the national football team 2-1 Indonesia game, Indonesia has 12 naturalized players in the 26-man roster, and the team has the main goalkeeper of the American Professional League, Pace, the main Aizers of Serie A, the main force of the Eredivisie Verdonk, Haye, and Walsh in the first division.

In this match against Japan, Indonesia sent 9 naturalized players in the starter, and then added Walsh and Amat who came on as substitutes, a total of 11 naturalized players appeared. However, to the disappointment of Indonesian fans, this "Dutch second team" did not show due combat effectiveness in the face of the Japanese men's football team, which has almost "all European classes", and finally swallowed a 0-4 defeat.

Several of the highly anticipated naturalised players also performed poorly, with newly transferred Danish Super League defender Dix being replaced early due to injury. Naturalized goalkeeper Marten Pace made a mistake on the ball, allowing Japan to easily score the third goal.

After losing to Japan in this game, Indonesia has 3 draws, 2 losses and 1 win, and it is difficult to find a win, accumulating 3 points and finishing at the bottom of the group. What is ironic is that the Indonesian media still feels good about themselves. After the game, the Indonesian media published an article titled "World Preliminary Results: Indonesia lost 0-4 to Japan, better than Bahrain and China". You must know that the national football team lost 0-7 to Japan on the road, while Indonesia lost 0-4 at home. The Indonesian media is so contrasting, it does have some self-deprecating "Ah Q spirit".

Of course, there are also sober Indonesian media, FOKUSSATU made a pessimistic assessment: "0-4 means that the Indonesian team still only has 3 points and a goal difference of only -5." For the Indonesian team, it will be a very tough battle to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Indonesia will play Saudi Arabia again on 19 November at the same home stadium, and a loss would put their hopes of qualifying to an end. ”