TIMNAS Indonesia was said to feel like it had won the World Cup after defeating the National Team of Vietnam. This insinuation was conveyed by the Malaysian people who considered the euphoria excessive from Garuda supporters.
Apart from that, the Malaysian people think that the Indonesian national team’s victory over Vietnam was not achieved purely because the Garuda squad had become stronger. Rather, the victory occurred because of the player’s hereditary factors.
Responding to this satire, Indonesian netizens clearly did not remain silent. Counterattacks were conveyed on social media, one of which was from the TikTok account @timnasindonesia 334.
They wrote about the fact that the Malaysian national team actually uses no less naturalized players in their national team. Harimau Malaya is even the team that uses the most naturalized players with 14 people.
“Malaysia turns out to be the team that uses the most naturalized players, there are 14 people,” uploaded the account.
“Unlike Indonesia, Malaysia is naturalizing players who have blood from there. For example, there are Endrick Dos Santos, Natxo Insa and Romel Morales,” continued the post.
As is known, the Indonesian National Team is showing a positive trend in the last few matches. Shin Tae-yong’s troops succeeded in beating the Vietnamese National Team home and away in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in the Asia Zone.
Most recently, Ragnar Oratmangoen and his colleagues embarrassed The Golden Stars at My Dinh Stadium. The Indonesian national team won three goals without reply in that meeting.