SEA Games 2023 Results: Indonesia Beats Myanmar 5-0
JAKARTA - The Indonesian U-22 national team managed to secure the second victory in the 2023 SEA Games Group A elimination when dealing with Myanmar.Indra Sjafri's team were two goals ahead in the first half then added three goals in the second half of the match at the National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 4, 2023.Ramadan Sananta managed to buy two goals from five goals from the Garuda troops. Meanwhile, three other Indonesian goals were scored by Fajar Fathur Rahman, Titan Agung, and Marselino Ferdinand, respectively.This is the second victory for Indonesia after previously in the first match managed to beat the Philippines with a score of three goals without reply.An additional three points made Indonesia temporarily move up to the top of the group standings with a collection of six points from two matches.Furthermore, Indonesia is still facing two group stage matches. The two matches in a row were against Timor Leste (May 7) and Cambodia (May 10).Indonesia has been fasting for 32 years for gold medals from football at this biennial event. The last time Garuda won the event was in 1991 when this event took place was in the Philippines.
That is the second gold for Indonesia in the history of multi-sports in the Southeast Asian region. Indonesia won one other gold medal in 1987 in Jakarta.