The Indonesian National Team Enters The 2020 AFF Final, Ipswich Town Congratulates PSSI And Elkan Baggott

Indonesian National Team (Photo: Twitter @PSSI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian National Team (Timnas) managed to advance to the 2020 AFF Cup final after defeating Singapore 4-2 in the second leg of the last four round.

This achievement became the focus of the football world, one of which received a welcome from Ipswich Town who congratulated Elkan Baggott and PSSI

“Congratulations Elkan Baggott (@BaggottElkan) and the Indonesian National Team (@PSSI). Good luck in the final," wrote Ipswich Town on its Twitter account, @IpswichTown quoted on Sunday, December 26.

Congratulations, @BaggottElkan & @PSSI. Good luck in the finals. #itfc https://t.co/gmeB4N4lkF

— Ipswich Town FC (@IpswichTown) December 25, 2021

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.