4 Goals To The Laos Goalkeeper Passed Garuda Muda To The Semifinals

MANILA - The U-23 Indonesian national team qualified for the semifinals of the 2019 SEA Games after sufficient Laos 4-0, Thursday, December 5. Indonesia became the runner-up under Vietnam which at the same time drew 2-2 with Thailand.

Vietnam has the right to be at the top of the standings with 13 points, while Indonesia is one strip below it by one point. As for Thailand, which is the defending champion of the SEA Games football gold medal, it must go home early because it only occupies third place with 10 points.

In the semifinals which will be played on Saturday, Garuda Muda will face Group A winners in Myanmar. Meanwhile, Vietnam will meet Cambodia.

In the match against Laos, Indonesia opened the scoring through Saddil Ramdani when the match had only lasted five minutes. Indra Sjafri's team added the lead on 47 minutes through Osvaldo Haay and Andy Setyo's penalty.

Towards the end of the match, Osvaldo scored his second goal as well as the fourth goal for Indonesia to ensure qualification for the semifinals.

According to the match, Indra Sjafri could not hide his gratitude for qualifying for the last four. But he didn't want to be complacent about the victory because he only had one day to rest.

"Alhamdulillah, tonight our first target, which is to qualify for the semifinals, has been achieved. We will have another game on the 7th (December 2019)," said Indra in a written statement received by VOI.

Today's match, continued Indra, was played very well even though the first half was a little less good. This is because some players have played several times and there are two players who are still injured.

"But we need to be grateful and we need to get ready for the semifinals with an interval of only one day. And we will need to provide recovery to be able to play more," concluded Indra.

The composition of players:

Indonesia: Nadeo Argawinata, Andy Setyo, Nurhidayat, Bagas Adi, Evan Dimas, Zulfiandi, Egy Maulana Vikri, Asnawi Mangkualam, Syahrian Abimanyu, Saddil Ramdani, Osvaldo Haay

Laos: Solasak Thilavong, Bounphitak Chanthalasangsy, Kittisak Phomvongsa, Loungleuang Keophovoung, Aphixay Thanakhanty, Kaharn Phetsivilay, Vanna Bounglovongsa, Somsavath Sophabimixay, Somlith Sengvanny, Soukaphone Vongchiengkham, Somxay Keohanam