tvOnenews.com – One of the players of Indonesian descent, Radja Nainggolan, spoke about naturalized players for the Indonesian National Team.
Recently, Radja Nainggolan, who was once a midfielder for AS Roma, expressed his feelings about the Belgian national team.
Since he was young, Radja Nainggolan has played for the Belgian national team for a long time.
However, now Radja Nainggolan has expressed his disappointment directed at the Belgian national team coach, Roberto Martinez.
Radja Nainggolan admitted that he would prefer playing for the Indonesian national team rather than the Belgian national team.
“I prefer to play for the Indonesian national team,” said Radja Nainggolan, as reported tvOnenews.com from Belgian media, HBVL.
This regret is not because Radja Nainggolan doesn’t like Belgium, but because of the respect he received after playing for the national team there for years.
“It’s not because I don’t like Belgium, because I have gone through all the youth levels in Belgium,” stressed Radja Nainggolan.
“But because of the respect I got from the people there,” he continued.
Radja Nainggolan was surprised by the naturalization of players in the Indonesian National Team.
When compared to him, naturalized players from the Indonesian National Team receive extraordinary respect even though their appearance is ordinary.
“Look at Sandy Walsh or Ragnar Oratmangoen,” said Radja Nainggolan.
“They are ordinary players, but they are very respected there (Indonesian National Team),” he continued.
According to Radja Nainggolan, it is from this respect that naturalized players have the enthusiasm to continue defending the Indonesian National Team.
“For the respect you get there, for that you are willing to sacrifice,” said Radja Nainggolan.
The Indonesian national team itself is known to have many naturalized players.
These naturalized players also seem to never tire of continuing to defend the Indonesian National Team even though they were not born in Indonesia.
Meanwhile for Radja Nainggolan, he did not receive the same thing after playing for the Belgian national team for so long, so it became a regret for him.
In addition, the decision of the Belgian national team coach, according to Radja Nainggolan, had taken the wrong step.
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