Indonesian gamers celebrate a goal throughout the semifinal match of the AFF Championship against Singapore at the National Stadium, December 25,2021 (Picture Thanks To the Asean Football Federation)
BY: THE JAKARTA WORLD
DECEMBER 25, 2021
Singapore. Indonesia protected a location in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup final after netting two objectives in extra-time against eight-men Singapore in a thrilling semifinal match at the National Arena on Christmas day.
Indonesia proceeded early however they were trailing throughout the majority of the 2nd half when the host group was already minimized to 9 males.
Singapore meanwhile squandered a chance of winning the second leg of the semifinal in normal time with Faris Ramli missing a last-minute charge at 2-2 due to a fantastic performance by Indonesian goalkeeper Nadeo Argawinata.
Indonesian coach Shin Tae-yong summed up the video game as a fast relocation “from heaven to hell”.
Indonesia has actually never won the AFF Cup because it was held in 1996 in spite of remaining in the final five times before the current tournament.
In their 6th final-match look, Indonesia will deal with the winner of another decider between Thailand and Vietnam, with the former already having a 2-0 benefit from the very first leg.
All matches were kept in Singapore under the modified format due to the Covid-19 pandemic and there is no away goal benefit if both legs end in a draw.
After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, both teams revealed some attacking football right after kickoff and it was the visitors who first took the lead courtesy of a goal from Ezra Walian 11 minutes into the video game.
Throughout the interruption time of the first half, Singapore suffered another blow when Safuwan Baharudin was revealed a second yellow card while Song Ui-young netted a goal as the chaotic Indonesian defense failed to clear a free-kick.
The host team was decreased to nine males early in the second half after Irfan Fandi also received a red card for a foul against Irfan Jaya however somehow they handled to retake the lead in the 74 th minute following a great free-kick by Shahdan Suleiman.
Pratama Arhan leveled ball game once again three minutes before the regulation time and goalkeeper Nadeo dived to his left to deny a last-minute penalty by Faris, indicating the video game needed to continue to extra-time.
The visitors right away took the lead thanks to an own objective from Shahwal Anuar just 30 seconds into the extra-time and Egy Maulana took advantage of the exhausted house team to fire house from close quarters.
Goalkeeper Hassan Sunny became the 3rd host gamer to be sent after he brought down Irfan Jaya outside his box in the second period of the additional time.
” Both groups combated actually tough and we were actually going from heaven to hell in the match,” coach Shin Tae-yong was estimated in the AFF website as stating soon after the match.
” We are a relatively young side and when we had an advantage we require to find out how to play calmly so we need to attempt to improve from here,” the Korean included.
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