Philippines U23 national team is eliminated as the second team, after losing to Indonesia U23 national team with a score of 0-4 in men’s football. At the 2021 SEA Games, group stage, Group A at Viet Tri Stadium, Phu Tho.
With the important nature of the match, U23 Indonesia and U23 Philippines both entered the game relatively cautiously. Even in the first 15 minutes of the match, the two teams only created a single shot towards the goal but it was not really noticeable.
The turning point of the match came in the 18th minute when U23 Indonesia had an extremely good coordination situation to eliminate the entire Philippines U23 defense. Egy Maulana was the one to break the offside trap to escape before launching a pass to clear the ground for Ridwan to cushion the ball to open the match.
In order for the opponent to have a goal to take the lead, U23 Philippines must raise the squad to find an equalizer. This makes it easier for U23 Indonesia to kick with many dangerous counterattack opportunities. By the 44th minute, the score was increased to 2-0 for coach Shin Tae-yong’s teachers and students when midfielder Ridho shot high and headed correctly in the corner situation.
In the second half, the game was not too different from the first half. U23 Indonesia was still the team that completely owned the match and continuously threatened the opponent’s goal. On the other hand, U23 Philippines is still completely helpless in finding the equalizer.
In the 74th minute, U23 Indonesia continued to have a goal to increase the score to 3-0. The scorer was Egy Maulana with an unstoppable shot from the near corner. In the 84th minute, the substitute Marselino Ferdinan took the correct penalty to seal the victory with a bold score of 4-0.
With this result, Indonesia U23 temporarily rose to the top of Group A with 6 points after 3 matches. On the U23 side of the Philippines, this team was definitely eliminated after this result when they only won 4 points and played all 4 matches in the group stage.
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