Pelatih Timnas Indonesia, Patrick Kluivert sendirian menghadiri konferensi pers pasca pertandingan melawan tuan rumah Jepang di matchday terakhir Round 3 Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 zona Asia.
Tak ada pemain Timnas Indonesia yang mendampingi Kluivert pada konferensi pers usai kekalahan telak 0-6 dari Jepang di Osaka, Selasa (10/6/2025).
Kekalahan telak ini tak mempengaruhi kelolosan Timnas Indonesia ke Round 4 Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 zona Asia. Akan tetapi, kekalahan dengan skor mencolok tentu mengecewakan.
"Apa yang bisa saya katakan.... Mereka (Jepang) tim kuat dan memang pantas menang," kata Kluivert dalam konferensi pers.
Pernyataan Kluivert selengkapnya bisa disimak dalam video berikut.
00:00Of course, I think the first few minutes we were okay, but yeah, this team, I said it also yesterday, has a lot of qualities, and this is World Cup level, absolutely, individually and collectively, a great team.
00:26What else can I say? I'm very disappointed, of course, with the result, also for the country, Indonesia, it's a deception, of course, but we need to learn from this situation.
00:40I think this is a very important learning moment, individually, as a coach, but also as a team. We need to learn from this situation, and what else can I say?
00:55I think that they deserve the win. We were unfortunate that the score isn't higher, but again, we have respect for Japan, a lot of qualities, automatisms.
01:11We started Japan very good, but individually, they had a lot of quality, and as a team, as well, they dominated the game, and that's the honest thing.
01:24Everybody saw the game, and we need to respect that, and we need to learn from this, and that's the most important thing.
01:30In October, the matches are already waiting, so we need to plan and take this defeat to the next match, and learn from it, and come better out of this situation.
