Pengalaman Lawan Lionel Messi, Maarten Paes Tidak Gugup Hadapi Jepang

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Editor: Rais Adnan

Maarten Paes sebagai kiper Timnas Indonesia. (Jovi Arnanda/Skor.id)
Maarten Paes sebagai kiper Timnas Indonesia. (Jovi Arnanda/Skor.id)

SKOR.id - Kiper Timnas Indonesia, Maarten Paes, mengaku tak gentar menghadapi para pemain Jepang pada lanjutan laga Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 zona Asia.

Penjaga gawang FC Dallas itu mengatakan sudah mempersiapkan diri dengan baik untuk melawan Timnas Jepang.

Mental bertanding menjadi salah satu persiapan penting Maarten Paes, karena lawan yang dihadapi adalah salah satu tim raksasa di Asia.

Di sisi lain, pengalaman pemain berusia 26 tahun itu juga cukup baik di Major League Soccer (MLS) 2024.

Selain kerap menjadi kiper utama FC Dallas, ia juga mempunyai pengalaman menghadapi pemain bintang sekelas Lionel Messi yang kini juga bermain di kompetisi yang sama dengan membela Inter Miami.

"Tidak, saya tidak terlalu gugup. Saya sudah bermain dengan Messi misalnya, dan saya tidak terlalu nervous. Saya mempersiapkan diri layaknya yang selalu saya lakukan," kata Maarten Paes saat PSSI Media Day di Jakarta, Selasa (12/11/2024).

Maarten Paes (Timnas Indonesia vs Australia). (Mario Sonatha untuk Skor.id)
Kiper Timnas Indonesia, Maarten Paes, memasuki lapangan untuk menghadapi Australia di SUGBK, Jakarta, Selasa (10/9/2024). (Mario Sonatha untuk Skor.id)

"Siapa pun yang harus berhadapan dengan saya, akan saya hadapi. Saya bakal percaya pada kemampuan saya," jelasnya.

Sebagai informasi, Timnas Indonesia akan menghadapi Jepang yang sejauh ini menjadi tim paling kuat di Grup C putaran ketiga Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 Zona Asia.

Skuad Timnas Jepang pun berisi para pemain yang sudah merasakan ketatnya persaingan sepak bola Eropa.

Sebut saja seperti Zion Suzuki, Yuto Nagamoto, Takumi Minamino, Takefusa Kubo, hingga Wataru Endo.

"Saya rasa Jepang adalah lawan yang berat, ini tantangan besar buat kami untuk menunjukkan kualitas melawan pesaing kuat seperti mereka," ujar Maarten Paes.

"Kami sudah lihat lawan kami, dan tentu saja mereka punya kekuatan di semua bagian di lapangan, tetapi kami rasa ini kesempatan bagus buat kami untuk menunjukkan diri sebagai sebuah bangsa dengan hasil yang bagus," pungkasnya.

Diketahui, Timnas Indonesia akan melawan Jepang di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno (SUGBK), Senayan, Jakarta, pada Jumat (15/11/2024) pukul 19.00 WIB. 

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