The reason for Evan Dimas about the defeat of the Indonesian U-23 national team from Palestine

Indonesia U-23 national team lost 1-2 to Palestine in the 2018 Asian Games Group A football match, at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi, Wednesday (08/15/2018) night. Midfielder Evan Dimas believes, the hard struggle of his colleagues did not get good results, because of the disadvantaged factors.

Indonesian national team U-23 conceded first after Oday Dabbagh broke down the home goal via close range shots. He managed to grab the rebound after Mohamed Darwish's penalty was pushed over by the U-23 national team goalkeeper, Andritany Ardhiyasa.

Action winger Indonesia U-23 national team, Irfan Jaya made a balanced position after the player from Persebaya Surabaya did a clever action when dismantling the Palestinian defense. He shot from close range with the ball leveling in the 23rd minute. But unfortunately, in the second half the goalkeeper Andritany Ardhiyasa again collapsed after Mohamed Darwish, who escaped the escort, welcomed Mahmoud Abuwarda's long pass in the 50th minute.

In a lagging condition, the Indonesian U-23 national team continued to try to equalize. However, a number of opportunities obtained Stefano Lilipaly et al. no goal. The Young Garuda Team lost 1-2.

Evan Dimas praised the struggle of his tireless teammates in order to equalize. The former U-19 national team captain considered the Garuda Young Team to be just unlucky.

"I really appreciate the struggle of friends in the field. I see them continue to provide resistance and do not want to budge from Palestine. Maybe we have not been lucky in this match," Evan Dimas said.

The Indonesian National Team U-23 will undergo two matches in Group A in the 2018 Asian Games football, namely contra Laos (08/17/2018) and Hong Kong (08/20/2018).