The Indonesian National Team Failed To Get Full Points Against The Philippines In The 2026 World Cup Qualification

The Indonesian national team again failed to get full points in the 2026 Asian Zone World Cup Qualification (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - The 2026 Asian Zone World Cup Qualification Second Round Match presents a match between the Philippines vs Indonesia. The match at the Rizal Memorial Stadium ended with a score of 1-1.

Held on Tuesday, November 21 at 18.00 WIB, the Indonesian national team was made interested in the beginning of the match by the host. It is proven that the Philippines first stole points from the Garuda Squad.

The 1-0 score belonged to the Philippines when the game entered the 23rd minute. Patrick Reichelt's opening goal came after taking advantage of the Garuda Squad's fault.

Starting from Jordi Amat's mistake, the ball can be captured and controlled by Kevin Ingreso. The through ball was released forward, directed to Reichelt who escaped the offside trap. Alone to the net, Reichelt had no trouble conquering Ernando Ari.

Conceding first made the national team try to catch up. However, less agile movements made Indonesian attacks often meet deadlocks. On the other hand, the Philippines is diligent in cutting the ball in the middle field, to then launch a quick counter-attack.

Several times Indonesia was forced to make violations to stop the Philippine attack, asking for efforts that had not paid off because the referee blew the half-time whistle first.

Continuing in the second half the match even went tough because the two teams had many duels in the middle of the field, and made violations of each other. The Philippines was even rewarded with two yellow cards even though the second half had only been running briefly.

Indonesia continues to try to control the direction of the ball and this effort then bears fruit when the match runs 70 minutes. The score finally turned 1-1 through Saddil Ramdani's execution.

Starting from the movement of individual Ricky Kambuaya who pushed into the middle, the cross was given to Saddil who was free on the right side of the Philippine penalty box. Saddil immediately rolled the ball with his left foot and kicked smoothly into the Philippines goal.

The score lasted 1-1 even though the referee had given an additional 10 minutes. This draw made Indonesia win its first point in the Second Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification in the Asian Zone.