JAKARTA - The 2024 Olympic qualifying play-off match between Indonesia U-23 and Guinea U-23 took place at INF Clairefontaine, France, on Thursday, May 9. Guinea U-23 managed to lead 1-0 in the first half after a penalty kick by Ilaix Moriba in the 28th minute.
The U-23 Indonesian team faced a tough challenge after their key player, Rizky Ridho, was absent due to a red card penalty, while Justin Hubner was unable to play because Cerezo Osaka was not released. As his successor, coach Shin Tae Yong dropped Bagas Kaffa at the right-back post from the first minute.
The match began at a high tempo, where Guinea U-23 was more dominant with intensive attacks, while Indonesia U-23 tried to create chances through counter-attacks. However, Guinea's U-23 advantage came after Ilaix Moriba was violated in the penalty area by Witan Sulaiman, who then managed to successfully carry out a penalty kick.
Despite being left behind, Indonesia U-23 continued to fight hard and tried to retaliate in the rest of the first half. The match was fierce and full of intensity, with Indonesia U-23 ambitious to achieve positive results to advance to the 2024 Olympics.
With a score of 1-0 for Guinea U-23, the U-23 Indonesian team struggle is still long. They will try hard in the second half to score a matching goal and win a ticket to the next stage towards the 2024 Olympics. Hopefully Indonesia U-23 can show their best performance and achieve the results expected in this match.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
