Jackson Irvine Leaks Australian Key To Defeat Indonesia

Jackson Irvine (right) scored a brace as Australia beat the Indonesian national team 5-1 (Instagram/@soceroos).

JAKARTA - Australian star player, Jackson Irvine, revealed how his team successfully defeated the Indonesian national team with a score of 5-1. The meeting of the two teams took place in the 2026 World Cup Qualification continued match on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

In the match in Sydney, Irvine admitted that the Indonesian national team appeared surprising because they were able to master the ball. This situation made Australia fail to win possession.

"We want to be a team that controls possession. To be honest we may not be good enough in possession of the ball in 90 minutes," Irvine said as quoted by The Roar, Friday, March 21, 2025.

Although initially feeling defeated in possession, Australia was able to win with a landslide score of 5-1. Irvine assessed that this could happen because his team could break the pressing launched by Indonesia, which was also the key to The Socceroos' victory.

"They come with greater intensity than we've ever faced in a previous game. Keeping people per person, it feels like pressing for 90 minutes."

"It's hard to play possession when our team really continues to be under pressure. The thing we do, when we can break the pressure, we have to be able to look sharp," said Irvine.

For Irvine, Australia's ability to take advantage of every opportunity gained in this match is clearly very satisfying.

"As you can see and we have done, when we break their pressing, we look like we can score goals. That is an aspect that makes us satisfied."

"There are still a lot of things that make us better. Of course, we also want to be able to end the game with a clean sheet."

"But, overall, with a 5-1 win at home, we certainly don't deserve to complain," he said.