Love 2 Singapore Goals Sourced From "Set Piece", Shin Tae-yong: Before The Match I Already Reminded

Indonesia vs Singapore (Photo: PSSI)

JAKARTA - The coach of the Indonesian national team Shin Tae-yong regretted that Singapore's two goals against his squad came from set pieces when the two teams met in the second leg of the 2020 AFF Cup semifinals in Singapore, Saturday night.

"Before the game I reminded the players that Singapore is strong in 'set piece' situations. Therefore, as much as possible don't make mistakes. However, it turned out that we lacked focus and two goals came from there," Shin said in a virtual press conference after the match. quoted from Antara, Sunday.

Singapore's two goals in the match which was held at the National Stadium and won by Indonesia 4-2 were indeed born from dead balls.

Midfielder Song Ui-young's goal scored in the 45+4 minute to capitalize on the chaos of the free kick. While Singapore's second goal came from a direct free kick Shahdan Sulaiman (74').

"This is not an easy match for us. Our players are also young so it is still difficult to control the match. Even so, I feel that both teams have worked very hard," said Shin.

The South Korean tactician also promised to fix his squad's defense in the event of a dead ball situation considering they will face Thailand or Vietnam in the final.

The Indonesian national team managed to advance to the 2020 AFF Cup final after defeating Singapore, which was strengthened by eight players due to three red cards, with a 4-2 score in the 2020 AFF Cup semifinal second leg match at the National Stadium, Singapore, Saturday night.

Indonesia's goals in the party that had to go through extra rounds were made by Ezra Walian, Pratama Arhan, defender Shawal Anuar and Egy Maulana Vikri suicide. While Singapore narrowed the scoring gap thanks to goals from Song Ui-young and Shahdan Sulaiman.

The two Singaporean players who were sent off were Safuwan Baharudin, Irfan Fandi and goalkeeper Hassan Sunny.

Indonesia has the right to the top party because the first leg finished with a score of 1-1. For the "Garuda" squad, it was the sixth final during their participation in the AFF Cup after previously recording similar achievements in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010 and 2016. Of the five previous occasions, Indonesia failed to win.

Later, in the final, Indonesia will fight the winner of the other semifinal which brings together Thailand and Vietnam. The semi-final second leg will be played on Sunday. In the first leg, Thailand won 2-0.