Defeating Bali United 3-0, Indonesia All Star Tops IYC 2021 Provisional Standings

JAKARTA - The Indonesia U-20 All Star team temporarily leads the 2021 International Youth Championship (IYC) after defeating the Bali United U-18 squad with a score of 3-0 in a match held at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS), North Jakarta, Friday.

Indonesia All Star is at the top of the IYC 2021 standings with four points from two matches. Previously, last Wednesday, Ilham Romadhona's foster children held Barcelona's U-18s to a goalless draw.

While Bali United are at the bottom of the standings because they have always lost two matches. On Wednesday they lost to Atlético Madrid's Under-18s 0-5.

However, the situation could change because Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will only be competing a few hours later, starting at 21.30 WIB.

Quoted from Antara, in the match against Bali United's U-18s, Indonesia All Star who relied on experienced players such as Brylian Aldama and Komang Trisnanda dominated from the first minute.

The result, in the 11th minute Indonesia All Star was 1-0 up thanks to Alif Jaelani's goal. Continuing to press, coach Ilham Romadhona's foster children scored the second goal via Ardi Ardiana 12 minutes later.

After the break, U-18 Bali United still found it difficult to get out of the Indonesian All Star confinement. The 2021 U-18 EPA League 1 champion team finally made several mistakes that the opponent could take advantage of.

One of them is an error in the penalty box in the 49th minute. M. Taufany Muslihuddin took advantage of this situation, who pushed his way into the restricted area and kicked the ball into the Bali United goal.

Bali United actually did not stay silent and kept trying to bring a goal back. However, the neat appearance of the Indonesia All Star defense made them not have enough space to create golden opportunities.

The 3-0 score for the victory of the U-20 Indonesia All Star team closed the match.