Indonesian goalkeeper apologizes for missing penalty kick

In the sixth turn, Ernando Ari shot into the lower left corner, but was caught by his colleague Quan Van Chuan and blocked. The Indonesian goalkeeper also could not prevent any penalty from Vietnam, thereby causing Indonesia to lose 5-6.

After the match, Ernando apologized on Instagram: "I'm sorry to disappoint all Indonesians. I couldn't complete my mission, but I'm just an ordinary person who wants to do good. best for the country".

The 21-year-old goalkeeper accepts to listen to criticism and suggestions, taking it as a lesson to continue striving. He also thanked his teammates, coaching staff and team staff for their efforts to get a silver medal at the 2023 AFF U23 Championship.

Coach Shin Tae-yong defended Ernando, as well as his decision to place the goalkeeper on the sixth penalty. "I chose him because Ernando just played confidently and had an extraordinary performance in 120 minutes. He also kicked 11m very well in practice," said the Korean leader.

The Korean coach asked fans not to mock or attack Ernando, because without this goalkeeper's talent, Indonesia could have lost in the official 90 minutes. In the 33rd minute, Ernando saved Nguyen Quoc Viet's penalty kick. After that, he made six more ecstatic saves, keeping the Indonesian net clean until the penalty kick.

Ernando is a potential goalkeeper of Indonesian football. He is part of the Indonesian squad that won the 2018 Southeast Asian U16 Championship, the 32nd SEA Games gold medal and the 2020 AFF Cup runner-up.