Indonesian National U-17 he certainly failed to qualify for the U-17 Asian Cup which will take place next year after the event 2023 Asia U-17 Cup Qualifiers.
This certainty was known after the end of the match between Saudi Arabia and India in the final match of qualifying for the Asian Cup of Group D U-17, Monday (10/10) WIB early in the morning.
Saudi Arabia won the match 2-1 against India at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium. Saudi Arabia took a 2-0 lead thanks to a brace from Talal Hajji and India was able to reduce the defeat thanks to a goal from Thanglsoun Gangte.
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This result led Saudi Arabia to qualify as Group D winners for the 2023 U-17 Asian Cup. Saudi Arabia’s success was followed by India, who will appear in the final thanks to their best runner-up status. .
India’s subtle-scoring defeat also automatically prevented Indonesia from participating in the U-17 Asian Cup. Bima Sakti’s team was unable to move as they were not in the position of the top six teams that could have qualified through the best runner-up path.
The Indonesian Under 17 team is exactly one line behind Laos, which occupies the sixth position in the ranking of the best runners-up.
Laos qualified alongside the other five best runners-up, namely South Korea, China, Afghanistan, India and Thailand.
Indonesia’s failure to qualify for the U-17 Asian Cup could not be separated from the crushing defeat against Malaysia at Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong, Bogor, Saturday (9/10), Arkhan Kaka Putra and his friends unexpectedly lost 5- 1 against Harimau Muda.
The negative result not only captured the first position for Malaysia, who qualified as Group B winners. But the numerous goals conceded in the match against Malaysia also affected the inability of the Indonesian Under-17 national team to compete for six tickets through the best course for the runner-up.
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