Garuda forced to give up

Parung, S Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - The Garuda Muda Indonesia, who competed in the 2017 Aqua Danone Nations Cup at Red Bull Arena, New York, USA, Saturday (23/9), was forced to surrender by the Mexico team.

Two goals from Mexico squeezed the junior Garuda hopes to stroll into the next round. Despite their efforts of attack creations in the field, but Mexico as a superior team in addition to Argentina able to enter the goal against Garuda.

In other matches in the big eight phase, Argentina managed to score two goals in a penalty shootout against Ghana, with the final score 2-0 for Argentina.

Manager of SSB Batu Agung, Umar Bawi, said he still not disappointed with the achievement of Garuda Muda Indonesia.

"The kids have to keep the spirit and continue the game to fight the best position that can be achieved," he said briefly.

Meanwhile, Marocco beat Canada by a score of 2-0, Germany and Romania drew 1-1, and in Germany in penalty shootout must acknowledge Romania's superiority with a score of 3-4 for Romania's victory.

Garuda Muda Indonesia still continues the game to compete in the world rankings in the AquaDNC 2017, for 5,6,7 and 8 rankings.

As well as teams that have fallen in the group phase, also continue the match to improve the world rankings among participating countries.

The semi-finals are filled by the Argentines who face Marocco, Mexico faces Romania, then in 5th to 8th position Indonesia is challenged by Germany, and Ghana against Canada.

In the race for the next position, Spain against Switzerland, France against Austria, Tunisia against the Emirate Arab, and Japan against Portugal.