TIMNAS Indonesia U-23 will face a crucial match against Timnas Philippines U-23 in the match continued in Group A SEA Games 2021, Friday May 13, 2022 at 16.00 WIB. Both the Garuda Muda squad – the nickname of the Indonesian U-23 National Team – and the Philippines are both obliged to win in order to maintain their chances of qualifying for the 2021 SEA Games semifinals.
The U-23 Indonesian national team currently occupies the fourth position in the 2021 SEA Games Group A standings with three points. However, the U-23 Indonesian National Team will automatically qualify for the 2021 SEA Games semi-finals if they wipe out the remaining two matches of the group phase against the Philippines and Myanmar.
Meanwhile for the Philippines, a victory over the U-23 Indonesian National Team does not guarantee qualifying for the 2021 SEA Games semifinals. They will have to wait for the results of the other matches to know whether or not they will qualify for the knockout phase. Currently, the Philippines has four points from three matches.
However, the Indonesian U-23 national team has a bigger chance of winning the match. Because, the confidence of the Garuda Muda squad is slightly better than the Philippines.
The Indonesian U-23 national team just won 4-1 over Timor Leste on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Meanwhile, the Philippines has decreased confidence, considering they just lost 2-3 to Myanmar.
One more time, the last time the U-23 Indonesian National Team met the Philippines at the SEA Games was presented in 2015. As a result, the U-23 Indonesian National Team qualified for the semifinals. After winning 2-0 over the Philippines through Evan Dimas’ brace, the U-23 Indonesian national team played the final group stage match against host Singapore.
The result, Indonesian National Team U-23 1-0 win over Singapore via Evan Dimas’ goal. In short, the U-23 Indonesian National Team also qualified for the 2015 SEA Games semifinals when they were in the same group as the Philippines.
(Evan Dimas, star of the U-23 Indonesian National Team at the 2015 SEA Games)
So, will the above success be repeated in Indonesia? SEA Games 2021? Of course, the hope is that the best results can be shown by the Indonesian U-23 National Team made by Shin Tae-yong.
For a long time, Indonesian football fans have been expecting the Indonesian national team squad to win a gold medal. The last time the Indonesian national team won the SEA Games gold medal was in the 1991 edition in Manila, Philippines.
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