Uzbekistan U23 national team is the first team qualified to Men’s Football Olympic 2024 after beating Indonesia U23 national team, scoring 2-0 in the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Semi-Final at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium.
In this match, in the first half, Uzbekistan was the side to attack and got more opportunities to change but couldn’t reach a goal; the first half ended tied 0-0.
In the second half, Indonesia was side-attacking and made a chance. In the 61st minute, Indonesia almost got the leading goal following the goal of Ramadhan Sananta, but after VAR checking, it found that Muhammad Ferrari was offside, and the referee denied a goal.
But after a not long time, in the 68th minute, Uzbekistan made a chance to reach the goal following Muhammadqodir Hamraliev’s crossing to Husain Norchaev’s charge in close range; Uzbekistan led 1-0.
In the 84th minute, Indonesia left 10 players after Rizky Ridho kicked Jasurbek Jaloliddinov, and the referee gave a red card after VAR checked.
And after this moment, in the 86th minute, following the free kick of Uzbekistan from Jasurbek Jaloliddinov and Ernando Ari saved. the ball bounced to Abdukodir Khusanov’s header to hit the post, but the ball bounced again to Pratama Arhan, who missed the block to their own goal, and Uzbekistan led 2-0.
The remaining time of the second half had no additional score, ending Uzbekistan’s win 2-0 and take a finalist and qualified to Olympic 2024
Indonesia has downed to 3rd place match to face loser of match between Japan and Iraq.
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