JAKARTA – The U-17 Indonesian national team coach, Nova Arianto, stated that his team had moved on from the defeat to Zambia U-17 in the inaugural match of the 2025 U-17 World Cup. He stated that currently his team is focused on the match against Brazil U-17.
The U-17 Indonesian national team started their journey at the U-17 World Cup with a 1-3 defeat to Zambia. In that match, Garuda Muda scored first, but conceded in the final 15 minutes of the first half.
After that, the U-17 Indonesian national team appeared to bite in the second half, but could not score an additional goal. Nova Arianto’s troops also had to settle for not getting points from the first match.
Despite being disappointed with the defeat to Zambia, there is no time to get late in sadness because the match against Brazil is in sight.
Therefore, Nova emphasized that his players had moved on from the inaugural match.
“It’s been (move on). Everything has been (move on),” said Nova Arianto, quoted from Antara on Friday, November 7, 2025.
Meanwhile, in the last training session ahead of the match, the right-back of the U-17 Indonesian national team, Fabio Azka, underwent separate training. Nova said his team would continue to monitor Fabio’s condition before making a decision.
“For tonight, whether Fabio can be ready to play, we will see the condition,” said Nova.
The U-17 Indonesian national team needs to win points in the match against Brazil on Friday, November 7, 2025, WIB night.
This ambition is to keep the U-17 Indonesian national team’s chances of qualifying for the round of 32 considering that the race for the best third place also presents stiff competition.
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