The U-17 Indonesian National Team Holds A Draw With Panama In The Last Trial

Nova Arianto hopes that the U-17 Indonesian national team will be ready to appear in the 2025 U-17 World Cup after three trials (doc. Indonesian national team).

JAKARTA - The U-17 Indonesian national team recorded the results of faith during the test match against Panama U-17. This agenda is the last series of trials before completing the 2025 U-17 World Cup.

At the match at Al Hamriyah Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, October 30, 2025, evening local time, I Putu Panji and his friends fell behind.

Panama's penalty goal in the 41st minute changed the position. Then the U-17 Indonesian national team managed to equalize in the 61st minute.

The 1-1 score was created through the execution of Emil Audero who then lasted until the end of the match.

Before fighting Panama, the U-17 Indonesian national team first fought Ivory Coast U-17. In that match, Garuda Muda ended the match with a goalless draw. Meanwhile, in the inaugural match when they met Paraguay U-17, the score 1-2 became the final result.

Nova Arinto as the coach hopes that the row of matches before the 2025 U-17 World Cup finals will have a positive impact on his team.

"I think we have learned a lot in these three trials. I hope the players can be better prepared later in the 2025 U-17 World Cup," Nova said in a video released by the PSSI media team after the match against Paraguay, quoted Friday, October 31, 2025.

After this series of trials, the U-17 Indonesian national team immediately left for Qatar to undergo the 2025 U-17 World Cup group stage match on November 4, 2025.